A case of Scedosporium prolificans osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent child, misdiagnosed as tubercular osteomyelitis

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-81

  Matlani, Monika ^a   Kaur, Ravinder ^a   Shweta, ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ETHAMBUTOL; GLUCOSE; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ARTHROTOMY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BICYCLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONIDIUM; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FALLING; FEVER; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INCUBATION TIME; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE; LETTER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; PUS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFERANS; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFERANS OSTEOMYELITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; TIBIA; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 84872092210     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: 19983611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.105319     Document Type: Letter

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