Successful treatment of cryptococcal osteomyelitis and paraspinous abscess with fluconazole and flucytosine.
A patient with thoracic cryptococcal osteomyelitis was treated successfully with the combination of fluconazole and flucytosine. This is the first reported case of cryptococcal osteomyelitis successfully treated with fluconazole and flucytosine.
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Department of Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4354, USA.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005437:Flucytosine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole; D005437:Flucytosine