Osteomyelitis due to Pseudallescheria boydii.

South Med J

Department of Pathology, Hughston Sports Medicine Hospital, Columbus, Ga. 31995-3499.

Published: February 1993

This report describes an unusual opportunistic fungal infection in an immunocompetent young man who had no cutaneous involvement and whose infection was diagnosed 6 years after an accident. The unusual clinical presentation and difficulties in making a correct diagnosis are discussed and prophylactic antifungal chemotherapy is suggested.

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