Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Escherichia coli Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis Causing Sausage Toe Deformity: Successful Therapy with Ertapenem in the Outpatient Setting

Georgios S. Papaetis; Elena A. Dionysiou; Ifigenia S. Charalambous; Panagiotis T. Doukanaris

doi:10.12659/AJCR.943092

08 March 2024 : Case report Cyprus

Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Escherichia coli Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis Causing Sausage Toe Deformity: Successful Therapy with Ertapenem in the Outpatient Setting

Mistake in diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unusual setting of medical care, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Georgios S. Papaetis^12ABDEF*, Elena A. Dionysiou^3DE, Ifigenia S. Charalambous^4DE, Panagiotis T. Doukanaris^5BDE

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943092

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943092

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Figure 1. MRI scan of the right foot. Contrast-enhancing osteolysis of the proximal and the middle phalanx of the second right toe (blue arrows), with associated pathological contrast enhancement of the bone marrow and diffuse surrounding soft tissue edema. MRI – magnetic resonance imaging.

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Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Escherichia coli Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis Causing Sausage Toe Deformity: Successful Therapy with Ertapenem in the Outpatient Setting

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