Aspergillus vertebral osteomyelitis in immunocompetent subjects: Case report and review of the literature

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 833-840

  Nicolle, A ^a   De La Blanchardiere A ^a   Bonhomme, J ^a,b   Hamon, M ^a   Leclercq, R ^a,b   Hitier, M ^a  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Aspergillus spp.; Immunocompetent; Otomycosis; Spondylodiscitis; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ITRACONAZOLE; STEROID; VORICONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOMA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS SPONDYLODISCITIS; BONE BIOPSY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISKOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEVER; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MASTOIDECTOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SCIATICA; SEROLOGY; SPINAL PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIOPSY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PYRIMIDINES; SPONDYLITIS; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84881099663     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0463-6     Document Type: Article

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