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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| description | 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 adjunct to standard surgical and medical treatment. Also presented is a literature review on the use of polyhexamethylene biguanide for this indication. The authors recommend that this safe and well-tolerated compound be considered as part of the treatment for fungal osteomyelitis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ee039b7745c247f0a899174d91acff7e2025-08-20T02:21:42ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322013-01-0124210911210.1155/2013/508908Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal OsteomyelitisGenevieve Walls0Lisa Noonan1Elizabeth Wilson2David Holland3Simon Briggs4Department of Infectious Diseases, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New ZealandDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New ZealandFungal 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 adjunct to standard surgical and medical treatment. Also presented is a literature review on the use of polyhexamethylene biguanide for this indication. The authors recommend that this safe and well-tolerated compound be considered as part of the treatment for fungal osteomyelitis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/508908 |
| spellingShingle | Genevieve Walls Lisa Noonan Elizabeth Wilson David Holland Simon Briggs Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal Osteomyelitis Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal Osteomyelitis |
| title_full | Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal Osteomyelitis |
| title_fullStr | Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal Osteomyelitis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal Osteomyelitis |
| title_short | Successful Use of Locally Applied Polyhexamethylene Biguanide as an Adjunct to the Treatment Of Fungal Osteomyelitis |
| title_sort | successful use of locally applied polyhexamethylene biguanide as an adjunct to the treatment of fungal osteomyelitis |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/508908 |
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