Osteomyelitis and Gentamicin-PMMA Chains. (16th November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Février, Agathe; Boursot, Charles; Tannugi, Kévin Cohen
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 47:Number 11(2022)
• Page Start: e708
• Page End: e709
• Publication Date: 2022-11-16
• Subjects: osteomyelitis -- gentamicin-PMMA chains -- local antibiotic therapy -- bone scan; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004360
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract: In chronic osteomyelitis, effective local antibiotic therapy after surgical debridement can be achieved by implantation of gentamicin-PMMA chains. The gentamicin concentrations at the site of infection are higher than that after systemic application of the same antibiotic. The appearance of this treatment is a particular aspect from a radiological point of view. Even if this is rare, these images deserve to be known when looking for osteomyelitis. We report a case of a 21-year-old man from Russia who had a bone scan in the context of chronic osteomyelitis persisting since a shin splints operation in a context of bilateral trauma in his country with antibiotic beads application.