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01-11-2003 | Case Report

Mycotic osteomyelitis due to Scedosporium Apiospermum: MR imaging-pathologic correlation

Authors: Malcolm K. Sydnor, Shaifali Kaushik, Thomas E. Knight Jr., C. Lee Bridges, John M. McCarty

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 11/2003

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Mycotic osteomyelitis is rare and occurs in immunocompromised patients after inoculation of the pathogen at a penetrating trauma site. Mycotic osteomyelitis due to Scedosporium Apiospermum is extremely rare, with only 13 cases of septic arthritis reported previously. Ours is only the third case of S. apiospermum osteomyelitis in an immunocompromised patient and the only patient with a histopathologic diagnosis from an amputation specimen. Recognition of this pathogen may be delayed due to insidious onset and negative joint fluid cultures, often requiring synovial or bone biopsies to establish the diagnosis. Delay in appropriate treatment may result in disseminating infection or even death.

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Title: Mycotic osteomyelitis due to Scedosporium Apiospermum: MR imaging-pathologic correlation
Authors: Malcolm K. Sydnor
Shaifali Kaushik
Thomas E. Knight Jr.
C. Lee Bridges
John M. McCarty
Publication date: 01-11-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Skeletal Radiology / Issue 11/2003
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-003-0695-0

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