Cladophialophora (Xylohypha) bantiana-an unusual cause of septic arthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 958-959

  Lim, Andrew ^a   Speers, David ^b,c   Inderjeeth, Charles ^a,b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; COLCHICINE; FLUCONAZOLE; INSULIN ASPART; METFORMIN; POSACONAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; CLADOPHIALOPHORA; CLADOPHIALOPHORA BANTIANA; CLADOSPORIOSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FUNGAL SEPTIC ARTHRITIS; FUNGUS GROWTH; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE PAIN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CLADOSPORIUM; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FUNGEMIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RARE DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84876734663     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes317     Document Type: Letter

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