Chronic Candida osteomyelitis of hard palate and nose: A diagnostic quandary

Candida induced osteomyelitis is infrequent. There is scarcity of literature on this entity in maxillofacial region and thus there is possibility to mismanage such cases. We are presenting a case of chronic maxillofacial Candida tropicalis osteomyelitis causing palatal and septal perforation with sa...

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Autores principales: Kaushal, Darwin, Sharma, Anuradha, Kesarwani, Amber, Kalita, Jitu Mani
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30733914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.01.003
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description Candida induced osteomyelitis is infrequent. There is scarcity of literature on this entity in maxillofacial region and thus there is possibility to mismanage such cases. We are presenting a case of chronic maxillofacial Candida tropicalis osteomyelitis causing palatal and septal perforation with saddle nose deformity in a young lady with commencement and progression of disease process over two pregnancies. Diagnosis was established by histopathology and repeated isolation on culture. Debridement followed by adequate antifungal therapy instituted.
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spelling pubmed-63578452019-02-07 Chronic Candida osteomyelitis of hard palate and nose: A diagnostic quandary Kaushal, Darwin Sharma, Anuradha Kesarwani, Amber Kalita, Jitu Mani Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Candida induced osteomyelitis is infrequent. There is scarcity of literature on this entity in maxillofacial region and thus there is possibility to mismanage such cases. We are presenting a case of chronic maxillofacial Candida tropicalis osteomyelitis causing palatal and septal perforation with saddle nose deformity in a young lady with commencement and progression of disease process over two pregnancies. Diagnosis was established by histopathology and repeated isolation on culture. Debridement followed by adequate antifungal therapy instituted. Elsevier 2019-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6357845/ /pubmed/30733914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.01.003 Text en © 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_full Chronic Candida osteomyelitis of hard palate and nose: A diagnostic quandary
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title_full_unstemmed Chronic Candida osteomyelitis of hard palate and nose: A diagnostic quandary
title_short Chronic Candida osteomyelitis of hard palate and nose: A diagnostic quandary
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