학술논문
Deep Fungal Infections of the Upper Extremity - A Review.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Ditsios K; 2nd Academic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital of Thessaloniki 'G. Gennimatas', Greece.; Katsimentzas T; 2nd Academic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital of Thessaloniki 'G. Gennimatas', Greece.; Pitsilos C; 2nd Academic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital of Thessaloniki 'G. Gennimatas', Greece.; Koukourikos I; 2nd Academic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital of Thessaloniki 'G. Gennimatas', Greece.; Christidis P; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery General Hospital of Katerini, Katerini, Greece.; Ditsios T; Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.; Konstantinou P; 2nd Academic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital of Thessaloniki 'G. Gennimatas', Greece.; Varitimidis S; Academic Department of Orthopaedic Surgery School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece.
Source
Publisher: Open Medical Publishing Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101524779 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2035-8164 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20358164 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Orthop Rev (Pavia) Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Deep fungal infections are rare in the upper extremity. Vessel and nerve infection, synovitis, tenosynovitis, myofasciitis, arthritis and osteomyelitis have been discovered in literature. Treatment in most cases includes surgical procedure and antifungal agent use. Amputation is the final, most devastating for patient's functionality, solution. Intravenous antifungal drugs, frequently followed by oral administration, are important ancillary agents both for the initial treatment and the prevention of recurrence. We therefore performed a review of the current literature, in order to assemble the dispersed results of different studies and clarify the various aspects of upper extremity fungal infections.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.