Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal Osteomyelitis

Fungal osteomyelitis is rare in immunocompetent patients and is often difficult to cure, even with optimal medical and surgical management. The authors present two cases of fungal osteomyelitis in which the common swimming pool cleaner, polyhexamethylene biguanide, was used successfully as an adjunc...

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Main Authors: Genevieve Walls, Lisa Noonan, Elizabeth Wilson, David Holland, Simon Briggs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/508908