Acremonium vertebral osteomyelitis: molecular diagnosis and response to voriconazole.
We present a case of Acremonium vertebral osteomyelitis that relapsed despite surgical debridement and prolonged treatment with liposomal amphotericin B, but which responded to voriconazole therapy. The report highlights the role of molecular diagnosis of rare fungal osteomyelitis. The patient was successfully treated with voriconazole.
Keynan
Yoav
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Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. keynany@yahoo.com
Sprecher
Hannah
H
Weber
Gabriel
G
D000164:Acremonium; D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D025141:Drug Resistance, Fungal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D065819:Voriconazole
D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole