Pseudallescheria boydii infection of a prosthetic hip joint - An uncommon infection in a rare location

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 342, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 250-253

  Gottesman Yekutieli, Tamar ^a   Shwartz, Orna ^a   Edelman, Alexander ^a   Hendel, David ^a   Dan, Michael ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hip joint; Joint prosthesis; Pseudallescheria boydii; Rheumatoid arthritis; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PETRIELLIDIUM BOYDII; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; RARE DISEASE; REOPERATION; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 80052215758     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e31821f9691     Document Type: Article

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