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Have you ever encountered a patient that contracted aspergillus terrus from a open flap wound in the knee due to a motor vehicle vs bicycle

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Infections can regularly occur after puncture wounds as the spores are driven past one of our main barriers to infection (our skin). Terreus is a known pathogen but probably one of the rarer species to infect - see aspergillus.org.uk/species/...

If your doctors need specialist advice on treatment contact the National Aspergillosis Centre (nationalaspergillosiscentre...?