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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| 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 |