Spondylodiscitis due to an emergent fungal pathogen: Blastoschizomyces capitatus, a case report and review of the literature.

Abstract:

:The study includes a case report and a literature review. The main objective of this study is to present a case of spondylodiscitis due to a fungal pathogen, Blastoschizomyces capitatus and to review the published literature on this emergent fungus in etiology of spondylodiscitis, and osteomyelitis. Osteoarticular involvement due to B. capitatus has been reported in six cases, and vertebral involvement has been seen in five of them. All of these cases had underlying malignancy. Infection is usually advanced at presentation. Case notes and online databases were reviewed. Organism was isolated from bone material in all of the cases and antibiotic treatment by antifungal agents cured the infection. We present another case of infectious spondylodiscitis due to B. capitaus, which is reported first in Turkey and tried to attract attendance to this emergent fungal pathogen as an etiologic agent of spine infections in cancer patients.

journal_name

Rheumatol Int

authors

Celik AD,Ozaras R,Kantarcioglu S,Mert A,Tabak F,Ozturk R

doi

10.1007/s00296-009-0928-1

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-08-01 00:00:00

pages

1237-41

issue

10

eissn

0172-8172

issn

1437-160X

journal_volume

29

pub_type

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