Tibial Osteomyelitis Due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 569-572

  Karuppal, Raju ^a   Kumaran, Chathoth Meethal ^a   Marthya, Anwar ^a   Manoj Kumar, Chilambeth Veetil ^a   Narayanan, Mini P ^a   Raman, Rajendran V ^a   Thomas, Sheila ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Fonsecaea pedrosoi; itraconazole; tibial osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TIBIAL OSTEOMYELITIS; TISSUE CULTURE; DEUTEROMYCETES; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TIBIA;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOSPORIC FUNGI; MYCOSES; OSTEOMYELITIS; TIBIA;

EID: 68949163784     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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