Acremonium kiliense osteomyelitis of the calvarium.
A 35-year-old man with osteomyelitis of the calvarium, from which Acremonium kiliense was consistently isolated, was successfully treated with amphotericin-B and ketoconazole in addition to craniectomy. Subsequent acrylic cranioplasty produced a good cosmetic result.
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012886:Skull; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002981:Clindamycin; D000666:Amphotericin B; D007654:Ketoconazole