Successful treatment of aspergillus flavus spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess in a patient with chronic granulomatous disease
Journal
Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Journal Volume
31
Journal Issue
1
Pages
100-101
Date Issued
2012
Author(s)
Chang H.-M.
Lee W.-I.
Abstract
Chronic granulomatous disease is a genetic disorder characterized by defects in the ability of the phagocytes to kill ingested microbes, leading to recurrent bacterial and fungal infections. Vertebral osteomyelitis complicated by an epidural abscess from aspergillosis is rare. We report a case of Aspergillus spondylodiscitis with an epidural abscess in a 17-year-old autosomal recessive chronic granulomatous disease patient. ? 2012 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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amphotericin B; cotrimoxazole; histidine; itraconazole; nitroblue tetrazolium; recombinant gamma interferon; voriconazole; acute kidney failure; adolescent; article; aspergillosis; Aspergillus flavus; Aspergillus flavus infection; bone biopsy; case report; chronic granulomatous disease; computer assisted tomography; epidural abscess; exon; fungal sinusitis; fungus culture; gene deletion; genetic analysis; Giemsa stain; hemolytic uremic syndrome; human; human tissue; hyperesthesia; intervertebral disk degeneration; knee pain; low back pain; male; muscle weakness; neurologic examination; nitroblue tetrazolium test; nonhuman; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; paranasal sinusitis; patient compliance; peritoneal dialysis; phaeohyphomycosis; priority journal; superior cava vein syndrome; Adolescent; Antifungal Agents; Aspergillosis; Aspergillus flavus; Discitis; Epidural Abscess; Granulomatous Disease, Chronic; Humans; Interferon-gamma; Lumbar Vertebrae; Male; Treatment Outcome
Type
journal article