Aspergillus osteomyelitis of the proximal humerus: A case report

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1021-1025

  Hall, Gregory L ^a   Villanueva Siles, Esperanza ^a,b   Borzykowski, Ross M ^a,b   Gruson, Konrad I ^a,b   Dorfman, Howard D ^a,b   Geller, David S ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antifungal pharmacology; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS OSTEOMYELITIS; BONE BIOPSY; BONE CANCER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER ARTHROSCOPY; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER PROSTHESIS; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WIRE FIXATION;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84863989780     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: 14322161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-012-1401-x     Document Type: Article

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