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