Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 569-572 , September 2009

Tibial Osteomyelitis Due to Fonsecaea pedrosoi in an Immunocompetent Patient: Case Report

  • Raju Karuppal, MS (Orth), DNB

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedics, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Raju Karuppal, MS (Orth), DNB, Medical College, Department of Orthopaedics, Calicut, Kerala, India 673008.
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  • Chathoth Meethal Kumaran, MS (Orth)

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Orthopaedics, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
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  • Anwar Marthya, MS (Orth)

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Orthopaedics, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
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  • Chilambeth Veetil Manoj Kumar, D-Orth

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
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  • Mini P. Narayanan

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
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  • Rajendran V. Raman

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Radiodiagnosis, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India
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  • Sheila Thomas

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Medical College, Calicut, Kerala, India

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PII: S1067-2516(09)00223-3

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2009.05.010

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 5 , Pages 569-572 , September 2009

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