title: Candida parapsilosis vertebral osteomyelitis.
abstract: A case of culture verified Candida parapsilosis lumbar spondylodiscitis, with infectious involvement of an aortic prosthetic graft, presented with a lumbar radicular pain syndrome. Only 33 Candida infections of the spine are described in the literature. Candida parapsilosis was cultured in three cases. Considering the poor general condition of the patient, a conservative treatment with bedrest, casting and amphotericin B, hydrocortisone and itraconazol was given. The patient died 28 months after onset from intercurrent pneumonia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, A.Z. St-Jan, Brugge, Belgium.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: De la Meilleure
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Marchau