title: Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis with Rhodotorula minuta co-infection.
abstract: Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis comprises lesions occurring at 2 or more locations of the skeleton. We present an atypical case of multifocal skeletal tuberculosis coexisting with Rhodotorula minuta infection in a non-immunocompromized host. The advantages of computed tomography-guided biopsy in establishing the diagnosis and thus influencing treatment are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology-CT Department, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece. louthard@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Loukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thanos
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mylona
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kokkinaki
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pomoni
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsiouris
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Batakis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012248:Rhodotorula / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents