Calcaneal osteomyelitis caused by Exophiala jeanselmei in an immunocompetent child: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 859-862

  Khan, Shah Alam ^a   Hasan, Azra S ^b   Capoor, Malini R ^b   Varshney, Manish K ^a   Trikha, Vivek ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CASE REPORT; EXOPHIALA; EXOPHIALA JEANSELMEI; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 34147130764     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200704000-00024     Document Type: Article

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