A Rare Case of Candida parapsilosis Lumbar Discitis With Osteomyelitis

Fungal osteomyelitis is rare and usually seen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Candida parapsilosis osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient with no prior surgical history. He went for spinal laminectomy with debridement and drainage. Intraoperative culture grew C. parapsilosis,...

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Autores principales: Duplan, Patrick, Memon, Mohammad B, Choudhry, Humdoon, Patterson, Jennifer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9286020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35855242
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25955

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