Fusarium Osteomyelitis of the Foot in a Patient with Diabetes Mellitus Journal Articles

abstract

• Diabetic foot osteomyelitis is among the most common and serious complications in patients with diabetes mellitus. It is often a polymicrobial infection. We report the first case of foot osteomyelitis in a diabetic patient caused by Fusarium solani.

authors

• Bader, Mazen
• Jafri, A Khatib
• Krueger, Todd
• Kumar, Vinutha

status

• published 

publication date

• December 2003

has subject area

• Amputation, Surgical (MeSH)
• Antifungal Agents (MeSH)
• Combined Modality Therapy (MeSH)
• Diabetic Foot (MeSH)
• Follow-Up Studies (MeSH)
• Fusarium (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Middle Aged (MeSH)
• Mycoses (MeSH)
• Osteomyelitis (MeSH)
• Risk Assessment (MeSH)
• Severity of Illness Index (MeSH)
• Treatment Outcome (MeSH)

published in

• Infectious Diseases  Journal

keywords

• Amputation, Surgical
• Antifungal Agents
• Combined Modality Therapy
• Diabetic Foot
• Follow-Up Studies
• Fusarium
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Mycoses
• Osteomyelitis
• Risk Assessment
• Severity of Illness Index
• Treatment Outcome

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/00365540310016565

PubMed ID

• 14723375

start page

• 895

end page

• 897

volume

• 35

issue

• 11-12