Successful treatment of Candida albicans osteomyelitis of the spine with fluconazole and surgical debridement: Case report

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 627-630

  El Zaatari, Mohamad M ^a,b   Hulten, K ^c   Fares, Y ^a   Baassiri, A ^a   Balkis, M ^a   Almashhrawi, A ^c   El Zaatari, F A K ^c  

^a Hammoud Hospital   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans osteomyelitis; Fluconazole; Surgical debridement

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DESTRUCTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DEBRIDEMENT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 12244249853     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2002.14.6.627     Document Type: Article

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