title: Aspergillus fumigatus spondylodiskitis in renal transplant patient: voriconazole experience.
abstract: The incidence of invasive aspergillosis has increased after solid organ transplant. However, aspergillus osteomyelitis in vertebrae is rare. We report a case of aspergillus spondylodiskitis after pulmonary aspergillosis in a renal transplant recipient. He was treated by antifungal therapy and surgical intervention. The transplantist should be alert for a diagnosis of aspergillus spondylodiskitis in recipients who developed back pain after aspergillosis infection in other sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Uludag University Medical School, 16059 Bursa, Turkey. alpersoy@uludag.edu.tr
authors.forename: Alparslan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: Oguzhan Sitki
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Dizdar
authors.forename: Aysegul Oruc
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Koc
authors.forename: Halis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akalin
authors.forename: Beyza
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ener
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001232:Aspergillus fumigatus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D015299:Discitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D017586:Diskectomy; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D055744:Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D065819:Voriconazole
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole