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The case of a 17-year-old girl with sickle cell anaemia who presented with extensive osteomyelitis due to actinomycetes is reported. Osteomyelitis in the long bones due to actinomycosis is extremely rare. A review of the literature reveals only six cases in which actinomycetes have been isolated from lesions affecting a long bone. The occurrence of this condition in sickle cell haemoglobinopathy has not been previously reported.
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Barter, S.J., Hennessy, O. Actinomycetes as the causative organism of osteomyelitis in sickle cell disease. Skeletal Radiol 11, 271–273 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00351352
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