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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul 18;7(3):24730114221112934.
doi: 10.1177/24730114221112934. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Ankle Fusion After Prolonged Scedosporium boydii (Pseudallescheria boydii) Infection Following Open Trimalleolar Fracture

James Scully Jackson  1 , Michael David Sandak  1 , Leland McCluskey  1
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Case Reports

Ankle Fusion After Prolonged Scedosporium boydii (Pseudallescheria boydii) Infection Following Open Trimalleolar Fracture

James Scully Jackson et al. Foot Ankle Orthop. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Pseudallescheria boydii; Scedosporium; ankle injuries; antifungal agents; compound fractures; debridement; limb salvage; open fractures; orthopaedic procedures; osteomyelitis.

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Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. ICMJE forms for all authors are available online.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Anteroposterior, lateral, and oblique radiographs of the left ankle with diffuse lytic destruction of the distal tibia, distal fibula, and talus taken on January 9, 2017 (33 months after open fracture). Periosteal reaction of medial aspect of distal tibia (white arrows: lytic areas; dashed arrow: periosteal reaction). Radiographic remnants of 4 to 5 screws from previous internal fixation visible throughout distal fibula.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Lateral and oblique radiographs of the left ankle with internal fixation ankle fusion device after resolution of infection taken on February 15, 2019 (58 months after open fracture).
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