Aspergillosis of bones and joints - a review from 2002 until today

Mycoses

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 323-335

  Koehler, Philipp ^a   Tacke, Daniela ^a   Cornely, Oliver A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Bone tissue; Joint infection; Osteomyelitis; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; ANTIBIOTIC BONE CEMENT; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MICONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; BONE NECROSIS; CEMENT SPACER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG PENETRATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; LAMINECTOMY; MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDLINE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHOLE BODY CT; WHOLE BODY PET; ASPERGILLUS; BONE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JOINT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; ASPERGILLUS TUBINGENSIS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BONE AND BONES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; JOINTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84900506036     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/myc.12165     Document Type: Review

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