Late-Onset Candida Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Two Young Patients Who Underwent Heart Transplant Surgery / 대한정형외과학회잡지
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
;
: 72-77, 2019.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-770027
ABSTRACT
Candida vertebral osteomyelitis (CVO) is a rare disease that is a complication of intravenous drug use, but recently it has been recognized as mostly an opportunistic infection. Because CVO appears to mimic pyogenic spondylodiscitis in terms of the clinical and radiologic presentations, it is often neglected in a usual clinical setting. The clinical, radiological, and biological characteristics of CVO are often used to make a differential diagnosis with vertebral osteomyelitis from other etiologies. Once an initial proper diagnosis was performed, the treatment relies on the prompt initiation of appropriate pharmacotherapy and serial monitoring of the clinical progress. This paper report late-onset CVO in two young patients who underwent a heart transplant surgery and had postoperative systemic candidiasis. These two cases are a good reminder of the potential of CVO in immunosuppressive patients treated with anti-fungal agents. This paper presents these two cases with a review of the relevant literature.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Osteomielite
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Características da População
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Infecções Oportunistas
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Candida
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Candidíase
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Discite
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Transplante de Coração
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Doenças Raras
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Diagnóstico
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
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