Post partum osteomyelitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 354-356

  Annapureddy, Satyanaraya ^a   Masterson, Sean ^a   David, Huw ^a   Greig, James ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE INFECTION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SWELLING; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DEBRIDEMENT; DELIVERY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEG PAIN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 34147171612     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540600953479     Document Type: Article

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