title: Acremonium vertebral osteomyelitis: molecular diagnosis and response to voriconazole.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. keynany@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Yoav
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Keynan
authors.forename: Hannah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sprecher
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole