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16328227

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Vertebral osteomyelitis due to mucormycosis is a rare but fulminant and fatal disease. Only one case has been reported in literature, with postmortem diagnosis. The present paper reports a female case of mucormycosis spondylodiscitis and vertebral osteomyelitis after lumbar disc puncture and radio frequency nucleoplasty. She subsequently underwent two surgical debridements, continuous local irrigation and drainage, together with local and systemic Amphotericin B treatments. The infection was controlled 4 months after the second debridement; however, there was no improvement in the neurological function at the most recent follow-up, 16 months after the surgery. The experience of this patient, though a single case, supports early recognition, surgical debridement, systemic and local antifungal treatment, closed irrigation and drainage as the keys to successful treatment.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0940-6719
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
370-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Mucormycosis spondylodiscitis after lumbar disc puncture.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Spine Surgery, 2nd Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports