Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature

Fungal osteomyelitis is a rare opportunistic infection. It exhibits some clinical and radiological similarities to several other bone pathologies. A diagnostic delay may result in significant increase in morbidity. We report a case of a 37-year-old man with underlying hypogammaglobulinaemia presente...

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Main Authors: Zainal, A.I, Wong, S.L, Pan, K.L., Wong, O.L, Tzar, M.N
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2011
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author Zainal, A.I
Wong, S.L
Pan, K.L.
Wong, O.L
Tzar, M.N
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description Fungal osteomyelitis is a rare opportunistic infection. It exhibits some clinical and radiological similarities to several other bone pathologies. A diagnostic delay may result in significant increase in morbidity. We report a case of a 37-year-old man with underlying hypogammaglobulinaemia presented with isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur.
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spelling unimas-22242021-04-24T22:07:50Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2224/ Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature Zainal, A.I Wong, S.L Pan, K.L. Wong, O.L Tzar, M.N Q Science (General) R Medicine (General) Fungal osteomyelitis is a rare opportunistic infection. It exhibits some clinical and radiological similarities to several other bone pathologies. A diagnostic delay may result in significant increase in morbidity. We report a case of a 37-year-old man with underlying hypogammaglobulinaemia presented with isolated cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur. Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2011 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2224/1/zainab10.pdf Zainal, A.I and Wong, S.L and Pan, K.L. and Wong, O.L and Tzar, M.N (2011) Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature. Tropical Biomedicine, 28 (2). pp. 444-449. ISSN 0127-5720
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
R Medicine (General)
Zainal, A.I
Wong, S.L
Pan, K.L.
Wong, O.L
Tzar, M.N
Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature
title Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature
title_full Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature
title_fullStr Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature
title_short Cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: A case report and review of literature
title_sort cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the femur: a case report and review of literature
topic Q Science (General)
R Medicine (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2224/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/2224/1/zainab10.pdf