Hematogenous Candida vertebral osteomyelitis treated with ketoconazole.
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Candida vertebral osteomyelitis was diagnosed in a patient with systemic lupus erythematodes following X-ray evidence of osteomyelitis and the repeated culturing of Candida albicans from material obtained by needle biopsies from the third lumbar vertebra. The patient had been on glucocorticosteroids and parenteral nutrition six months previously. At that time, a yeast was cultured from the blood and the tip of the subclavian catheter which had been removed. After candida vertebral osteomyelitis was diagnosed, she was treated with ketoconazole for seven months. Recovery was impressive, as judged by the clinical and radiographic findings. At the time of writing this paper--12 months after the withdrawal of ketoconazole--the patient showed no signs of recurrence.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Infection
دوره 10 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1982