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Carla M Davis1, Lenora M Noroski, Megan K Dishop, Deanna A Sutton, Richard M Braverman, Mary E Paul, Howard M Rosenblatt.
Abstract
Osteomyelitis is a common clinical manifestation of chronic granulomatous disease, a disorder of phagocytic function. Fungal organisms account for a significant proportion of these infections. We describe the clinical presentation and subsequent destructive sacral osteomyelitis with a basidiomycetous mold, Inonotus tropicalis, in a patient with an X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17596815 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3180616cd0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129