FUNGAL OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE FOOT - A REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE

Authors
SHAW CJ THOMASON AJS SPENCER JD
Citation
Cj. Shaw et al., FUNGAL OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE FOOT - A REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE, Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume, 76B(1), 1994, pp. 137-139
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301620X
Volume
76B
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
137 - 139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-620X(1994)76B:1<137:FOOTF->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Mucormycosis is an opportunistic infection that very occasionally caus es osteomyelitis and avascular necrosis of bone. The infection may pro ve fatal if not diagnosed promptly. If early treatment is instituted t he prognosis is good.