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18656189

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
Invasive fungal infection may afflict people with trauma in two ways: either by entry into tissue via penetrating trauma or by haematogenous spread in critically ill people with polytrauma. Penetrating injury allows the advance of ubiquitously present fungi into the human body. Miniscule foreign material fosters the establishment and growth of fungi within the traumatically changed tissue. The seriousness of the infection depends upon the type of injury, the body area and the person's general condition. Usually, the infection is confined to the cutis and subcutis; the fascia, muscles and bones are rarely affected. In the presence of immunocompromise, however, the fungus may spread rapidly and cause systemic disease. The following overview will focus on fungal infection associated with open wounds and fractures, particularly eye injury and with near-drowning, tropical mycetoma and nosocomial conditions. Post-traumatic invasive fungal infections are rare, but the surgeon should be alert to this possibility in cases with chronic inflammation and deferred healing of injuries, with or without systemic inflammatory response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1879-0267
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
548-54
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Invasive mycoses following trauma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Trauma Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Wien, Austria. s.hajdu@aon.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article