Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials Open Access Arthritis and Osteomyelitis Due to Aspergillus Fumigatus: a 17 Years Old Boy with Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Background: Invasive Aspergillus infections are frequently seen in immunocompromised patients but arthritis is a rare complication of Aspergillus infections in the absence of immune suppressive therapy, trauma or surgical intervention.

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