Cervical Spondylodiscitis Caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus
Tóm tắt
A 37-year-old woman, during her second remission of acute myeloid leukemia, presented with severe neck pain and cervico-brachial neuralgia. Investigation revealed a C5–C6 spondylodiscitis. A CT-guided anterior biopsy decompressed the mass, immediately alleviated the symptoms, and isolated a rare yeast: Blastoschizomyces capitatus. To our knowledge, only three cases of spondylodiscitis with this yeast have been described. Six months of voriconazole and liposomal amphotericin B treatment produced a complete resolution on CT and MRI imaging. However, the ongoing severe yeast infection prevented the planned bone marrow allograft.
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