Journal of Spine

Michalitsis G. Sotirios

Publications

• Case Report
  Fungal Spondylodiscitis: Unexpected Diagnosis, Case Report and Literature Review
  Author(s): Alqroom Y. Rami, Michalitsis G. Sotirios, Leue Lukas, Hunger Frank and Franke JorgAlqroom Y. Rami, Michalitsis G. Sotirios, Leue Lukas, Hunger Frank and Franke Jorg
  
  Study design: Case report of a rare case of spondylodiscitis due to Candida species (C. tropicalis). Objective: To report our case with this rare condition (Fungal spondylodiscitis due to Candida tropicalis) in a 75- year old female immune-competent patient presenting with low back pain and literature review. Summary of background data: Spondylodiscitis or discitis is an infection in the intervertebral disc space and adjacent end plates, this disease accounts for 2–7% of all cases of pyogenic osteomyelitis, which affects different age groups. There is a wide spectrum of causative agents: pyogenic, granulomatous or parasitic. Nowadays incidence has increased the rise in the prevalence of immunosuppressed patients and intravenous drug abusers, and the increase in spinal surgeries. Nonetheless, the microbiologic.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7939.1000313

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