Invasive aspergillosis osteomyelitis in children - A case report and review of the literature

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 827-831

  Winterstein, Anton R ^a   Bohndorf, Klaus ^a   Vollert, Kurt ^a   Wagner, Theodor ^a   Gnekow, Astrid ^a   Roemer, Frank W ^a,b  

^a KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Bone infarct; Children; MRI; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INFECTION RISK; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MICROBIOLOGY; PAIN; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ASPERGILLOSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMUR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAIN; PANCYTOPENIA; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 77955556396     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-010-0967-4     Document Type: Article

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