Cryptococcal osteomyelitis. Report of a case amd a review of the literature.
A case is reported of isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis in an 11-year-old girl  without any detectable underlying disease. The patient was successfully treated for six weeks with intravenous amphotericin B and oral 5-flucytosine. There is only one other case of cryptococcal osteomyelitis reported in the English medical literature in a child. Over 50 per cent of individuals with this infection will have an underlying condition which may have predisposed them to acquiring this disease.
D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000666:Amphotericin B; D005437:Flucytosine