Candida Parapsilosis spondylodiscitis after lumbar discectomy

Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-297

  Cho, Kyungil ^a   Lee, Sun Ho ^a   Kim, Eun Sang ^a   Eoh, Whan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Candida; Fungal infection; Osteomyelitis; Spondylodiscitis; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE DISEASE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DISKITIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LEG PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYOGENIC DISCITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFLAMMATION; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 77952922760     PISSN: 20053711     EISSN: 15987876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3340/jkns.2010.47.4.295     Document Type: Article

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