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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 89-B, Issue 2 | Pages 249 - 251
1 Feb 2007
Petsatodis G Symeonidis PD Karataglis D Pournaras J

We present a rare case of multifocal Proteus mirabilis osteomyelitis in an HIV-positive patient. Despite the patient’s good immune status as assessed by her CD4 cell count and the aggressive treatment, she eventually underwent bilateral above-knee amputations to eradicate the infection. Multifocal Proteus mirabilis osteomyelitis can have an unpredictable clinical course with a severe outcome in HIV-positive patients.