Sticks and bones: Traumatic phaeohyphomycosis presenting as an epidural scalp abscess and cranial osteomyelitis
The pigmented molds can cause soft tissue and invasive disease (phaeohyphomycosis) in immunocompetent patients. We describe a 76-year-old male patient who developed a Cladophialophora bantiatum posterior scalp abscess and cranial osteomyelitis following an incidental scalp exposure with a tree branc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Medical Mycology Case Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753919300120 |