Successful control of Scedosporium prolificans septic arthritis and probable osteomyelitis without radical surgery in a long-term renal transplant recipient

Transplant Infectious Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-65

  Li, J Y Z ^b   Yong, T Y ^b   Grove, D I ^b,c   Coates, P T H ^a,b,c  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Queen Elizabeth Hospital

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Renal transplant; Scedosporium prolificans; Septic arthritis; Terbinafine; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISOLONE; TERBINAFINE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT ASPIRATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MADUROMYCOSIS; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; OSTEOMYELITIS; PYRIMIDINES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 38649142427     PISSN: 13982273     EISSN: 13993062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3062.2007.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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