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ArticleIDCases2026

Mycobacterium abscessus lumbar osteomyelitis: A rare and challenging case with review of literature.

Mohammed S Zaman, Rootul Kakadia, Abhinav Kakuturu, Moamen Al Zoubi

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Article in IDCases, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mohammed S ZamanInternal Medicine Residency Program, Mercyhealth GME Consortium, Rockford, IL, USA.
Rootul KakadiaInternal Medicine Residency Program, Mercyhealth GME Consortium, Rockford, IL, USA.
Abhinav KakuturuInternal Medicine Residency Program, Mercyhealth GME Consortium, Rockford, IL, USA.
Moamen Al ZoubiDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Rockford, IL, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 65-year-old male presented with a three-month history of back pain, increased urinary frequency and lower extremity edema. MRI spine suggested discitis/osteomyelitis at L3-L4 (Fig. 1), and blood cultures and lumbar biopsy grew gram-positive bacilli. Despite IV antibiotics, the patient continued to experience back pain. Subsequent cultures identified

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AmikacinAntibiotic resistant mycobacterium abscessusLumbar osteomyelitisNontuberculous mycobacteriumOmadacyclineTigecycline

Identifiers

PMID41631116
PMCPMC12860615

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