[Primary sternal osteomyelitis. a case report]

ABSTRACT

Primary sternal osteomyelitis [PSO] is rare and of difficult premature diagnosis in pediatric population. We report a case of PSO complicated with abscess in a one and half-year-old child with a sickle cell disease. Surgery completed by antimicrobial treatment gave a good result and culture of aspirated materiel grew Salmonella Enteritidis