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CANDIDIAL OSTEOMYELITIS: A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Fogarty Michael
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02415.x
Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , concomitant , vertebral osteomyelitis , antibiotics , surgery , intravenous antibiotics , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Candidial osteomyelitis is rare but becoming more common. The spinal column is most affected in adults and one such patient is presented. The condition should be suspected if bone infection has followed long intensive care, parenteral feeding with central venous cannulation, the use of many antibiotics in combination and/or concomitant severe eye infection. If diagnosed, correct treatment with antifungal agents is curative.