Postoperative Trichosporon asahii spondylodiscitis after open lumbar discectomy: A case report

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Ki Won ^a   Ha, Kee Yong ^a   Kim, Myung Shin ^a   Choi, Su Mi ^a   Lee, Jun Seok ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Postoperative infection; Spondylodiscitis; Trichosporon asahii

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BED REST; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHOSPORON ASAHII; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCITIS; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYCOSES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRICHOSPORON;

EID: 39649111548     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181642a7c     Document Type: Article

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