ArticleInternational wound journal2015
Management of chronic osteomyelitis of the tibia with life-threatening complications under negative pressure wound therapy and isolation of Helcococcus kunzii.
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- A tympanitis-related brain abscess caused by Helcococcus kunzii in China: a case report and literature review.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Review
- Exploring hemorrhagic shock as a complication of negative pressure wound therapy in the treatment of lumbar spine infection: a case study and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising from Chronic Osteomyelitis in the Extremities: Treatment Approach and Oncological Outcomes-A Systematic Review of the Literature.Journal of skin cancer · 2022Review
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- Clinical characteristics, treatment, and prognosis of squamous cell carcinoma arising from extremity chronic osteomyelitis: a synthesis analysis of one hundred and seventy six reported cases.International orthopaedics · 2020Article
- Masquelet induced membrane technique for treatment of rat chronic osteomyelitis.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2018Article
- Decrease ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2017Article
- Identification and Clinical Significance of Helcococcus kunzii in Human Samples.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2015Article
- Infectious endocarditis caused by Helcococcus kunzii in a vascular patient: a case report and literature review.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Review
- First report of brain abscess caused by a satelliting phenotypic variant of Helcococcus kunzii.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2014Article
- [Osteomyelitis: treatment concepts from the plastic surgeon's point of view].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2013Review
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Abstract
We report the case of an 86-year-old man with severe wound infection originating from a chronic crural ulcer of the lower limb, which under negative pressure wound therapy led to excessive tissue necrosis and perforation of the anterior tibial artery. A swab taken 10 and 7 days preoperatively was positive for Helcococcus kunzii. H. kunzii has been described as a potentially pathogenic organism. The questions whether the negative pressure wound therapy itself caused the bleeding or the negative pressure wound therapy, which generates an anaerobic atmosphere, has triggered the growth and invasion of the facultative anaerobic bacterium H. kunzii and owing to the infection the artery perforated or whether the bacteria has no influence at all remain currently unanswered. After surgical debridement the signs of infection were completely eliminated, and a free musculocutaneous flap led to rapid healing of the wound. Following which H. kunzii was no longer detectable.
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