Abstract

COLOMBO, Laura G.R. et al. Scedosporium spp. osteomyelitis: A case report. Rev. argent. microbiol. [online]. 2020, vol.52, n.1, pp.19-21. ISSN 0325-7541.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ram.2019.03.002.

Scedosporium is a fungus that has a worldwide distribution, and which can be foundin soil and contaminated water. It can rarely affect bone tissue and can do it either by directinoculation or through trauma. We present here a case of a 54- year- old male patient with adiagnosis of chronic bacterial osteomyelitis due to an aquatic accident and exposed fracture of tibia-fibula of both members, which was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics for 120days. Eight months after the onset of the disease, Scedosporium spp. was isolated from thecollection of one of the affected member, which was treated with voriconazole in combinationwith terbinafine.© 2019 Asociacion Argentina de Microbiologıa. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. This is anopen access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords : Mycoses; Scedosporium; Voriconazole.

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