Acremonium kiliense osteomyelitis of the calvarium

Neurosurgery. 1985 Apr;16(4):554-6.

Abstract

A 35-year-old man with osteomyelitis of the calvarium, from which Acremonium kiliense was consistently isolated, was successfully treated with amphotericin-B and ketoconazole in addition to craniectomy. Subsequent acrylic cranioplasty produced a good cosmetic result.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Mitosporic Fungi*
  • Mycoses / complications*
  • Osteomyelitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteomyelitis / drug therapy
  • Osteomyelitis / etiology*
  • Osteomyelitis / surgery
  • Skull
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Clindamycin
  • Amphotericin B
  • Ketoconazole