Candida Spondylodiscitis with Epidural Abscess Treated with Voriconazole.
- Author:
Ji Yun NOH
1
;
Jung Yeon HEO
;
Won Suk CHOI
;
Yu Mi JO
;
Joon Young SONG
;
Hee Jin CHEONG
;
Woo Joo KIM
Author Information
1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea. wjkim@korea.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Candida;
Spondylodiscitis;
Voriconazole
- MeSH:
Abscess;
Amphotericin B;
Back Pain;
Candida;
Candida albicans;
Candidemia;
Discitis;
Drainage;
Epidural Abscess;
Fluconazole;
Fungemia;
Humans;
Inflammation;
Low Back Pain;
Pyrimidines;
Recurrence;
Spine;
Suppuration;
Triazoles
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
2009;14(3):145-149
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Candida spondylodiscitis with epidural abscess is rarely reported and known to be the late complication of candidemia. A 48-years-old man presented with 4 weeks of progressively aggravating low back pain. He had a history of fungemia caused by Candida albicans 4 months earlier, for which he had been treated successfully with systemic fluconazole. The MRI of lumbar spine demonstrated the spondylodiscitis with multiple epidural abscesses at the L2/3 level. Along with the surgical interventions including abscess drainage, the intravenous amphotericin B administration was begun. Culture of drained pus yielded the growth of Candida albicans. After therapy with parenteral amphotericin B for 2 weeks followed by oral fluconazole for 8 weeks, the back pain resolved. However the low back pain and inflammation relapsed during oral fluconazole therapy. Thereafter oral voriconazole had been administered for 24 weeks and the patient showed complete recovery and no recurrence.
