Severe osteomyelitis due to the zygomycete Apophysomyces elegans
| Autor: | M. Pruszczynski, Bart Jan Kullberg, R. P. H. Veth, Jacques F. Meis |
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| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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Microbiology (medical) Amputation Surgical Microbiology Interthoracoscapular amputation Immunocompromised Host Amphotericin B medicine Humans Mucormycosis Mycosis Aged business.industry Osteomyelitis Humerus medicine.disease Apophysomyces elegans Amphotéricine B Immunology Mucorales Osteitis Immunocompetence business Research Article medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 32:3078-3081 |
| ISSN: | 1098-660X 0095-1137 |
| Popis: | We describe a previously healthy 69-year-old man presenting with osteomyelitis of the humerus due to the zygomycete Apophysomyces elegans. The infection was acquired in Aruba, The Netherlands Antilles. The skin provided the most likely portal of entry, although there was no history of a traumatic inoculation. The patient had no history of diabetes, and no underlying immune defects were found. Despite treatment with 7.9 g of amphotericin B, an interthoracoscapular amputation proved necessary to curtail the rapid spread of the fungus in this immunocompetent host. |
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