[Osteomyelitis from Cryptococcus neoformans].
A forty-three-year old patient suspected of having a bone tumor in his left femur, was submitted to the hospital. However, osteomyelitis caused by Cryptococcus neoformans has been demonstrated by culture. The history of the patient revealed a long-term therapy with corticosteroids due to sarcoidosis. The osteomyelitis was treated with fluconazole (200 mg daily p.o.) for three months. Under this therapy the infection resolved.
Hummel
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Institut für Mikrobiologie, Carl-Thiem-Klinikum, Cottbus, BR Deutschland.
Stosiek
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Lindner
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Bär
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D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000188:drug therapy
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole
Osteomyelitis durch Cryptococcus neoformans.