[Chronic osteomyelitis caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae with a 50 year course. Medicosurgical management].

The 50-year clinical course of a case of osteomyelitis of the left tibia is reported. Surgical specimens were positive for Klebsiella pneumoniae allowing treatment with certriaxone and ciprofloxacine. After antibiotic therapy, regional skin expansion was possible with excision and simultaneous closure of a wide area of damaged skin resulting from the long-term infection.