Fungal arthritis.
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Fungal arthritis.
There are 50 000-200 000 species of fungi, but only about 100 of these cause infectious diseases (mycoses) in humans.' Fungal infections are not readily recognised, do not advertise their presence in a characteristic fashion, and the causative organism is generally not easy to demonstrate in tissue.2 Musculoskeletal infection by fungi was once rare, but its incidence has increased in the past f...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.51.5.690