title: Imaging of fungal, viral, and parasitic musculoskeletal and spinal diseases.
abstract: There are many nonbacterial infections that have musculoskeletal manifestations and radiologic findings. These infections produce a limited range of tissue responses, depending on the organism, the tissue compartment affected, and the immune competence of the host. Diagnosis is dependent on obtaining an appropriate travel or geographic history, the clinical and laboratory features, and on occasion the specific radiologic findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore. dnrckr@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Chhem
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaovisidha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schmit
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Bureau
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cardinal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*