Osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum : successful therapy in two patients with AIDS

Objective: Difficulties involved in diagnosis and response to antimicrobial therapy are described in detail for two cases of biopsy-proven osteomyelitis caused by Mycobacterium haemophilum in AIDS patients. Setting: Two large, private teaching hospitals in New York City, New York, USA. Patients, participants: A 31-year-old woman with previous diagnoses of candida esophagitis and peripheral neuropathy (patient 1), and a 37-year-old man with Kaposi's sarcoma (patient 2)