Fusarium Osteomyelitis in a Patient With Pearson Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Fusarium species are ubiquitous fungi causing a wide array of infections, including invasive disease in the immunosuppressed. We present a fusarium bone infection in a child with Pearson syndrome and review the literature. Ten cases of fusarium osteomyelitis were reported in the past 40 years, and w...

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Autores principales: Hiebert, Rachael M., Welliver, Robert C., Yu, Zhongxin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27757410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw183
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spelling pubmed-50664562016-10-18 Fusarium Osteomyelitis in a Patient With Pearson Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature Hiebert, Rachael M. Welliver, Robert C. Yu, Zhongxin Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Reports Fusarium species are ubiquitous fungi causing a wide array of infections, including invasive disease in the immunosuppressed. We present a fusarium bone infection in a child with Pearson syndrome and review the literature. Ten cases of fusarium osteomyelitis were reported in the past 40 years, and we review the treatments. Oxford University Press 2016-10-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5066456/ /pubmed/27757410 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw183 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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Hiebert, Rachael M.
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Fusarium Osteomyelitis in a Patient With Pearson Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_full Fusarium Osteomyelitis in a Patient With Pearson Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Fusarium Osteomyelitis in a Patient With Pearson Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Fusarium Osteomyelitis in a Patient With Pearson Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Fusarium Osteomyelitis in a Patient With Pearson Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort fusarium osteomyelitis in a patient with pearson syndrome: case report and review of the literature
topic Brief Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5066456/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27757410
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw183
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