Fungal postoperative spondylodiscitis due to Scedosporium prolificans

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Garcia Vidal, Carolina ^a   Cabellos, Carmen ^a   Ayats, Josefina ^b   Font, Frederic ^a   Ferran, Enrique ^a   Fernandez Viladrich, Pedro ^a  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus; Candida; Fungal infections; Postoperative spondylodiscitis; Postsurgical vertebral osteomyelitis; Scedosporium prolificans

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; HEMOGLOBIN; ITRACONAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ABSCESS; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BACK MUSCLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LAMINECTOMY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOULD; MYCOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS MATERIAL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE SPONDYLODISCITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCEDOSPORIUM; SCEDOSPORIUM PROLIFICANS; SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHRODESIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PYRIMIDINES; SCEDOSPORIUM; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 68749096924     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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