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Disseminated cunninghamella bertholletiae infection with spinal epidural abscess in a kidney transplant patient: Case report and literature review

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2014-01-01

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Article

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13993062
13982273

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10.1111/tid.12251

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2-s2.0-84905494441

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Mahidol University

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Transplant Infectious Disease. Vol.16, No.4 (2014), 658-665

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O. Navanukroh, A. Jitmuang, M. Chayakulkeeree, P. Ngamskulrungroj Disseminated cunninghamella bertholletiae infection with spinal epidural abscess in a kidney transplant patient: Case report and literature review. Transplant Infectious Disease. Vol.16, No.4 (2014), 658-665. doi:10.1111/tid.12251 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/34471

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Disseminated cunninghamella bertholletiae infection with spinal epidural abscess in a kidney transplant patient: Case report and literature review

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O. Navanukroh
 A. Jitmuang
 M. Chayakulkeeree
 P. Ngamskulrungroj

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Mahidol University

Abstract

Cunninghamella bertholletiae is a rare cause of invasive mucormycosis. We report the case of a 42-year-old Thai woman who suffered from disseminated C. bertholletiae infection. The patient developed dry cough, sharp shooting pain in the left buttock referred to the left leg, and fever 1 month after undergoing deceased-donor kidney transplantation. Radiographic studies exhibited multiple pulmonary cavities, osteomyelitis of the sacral spine, epidural abscess along the lumbrosacral spine, and paravertebral soft tissue involvement. Surgical debridement of the epidural abscess concurrent with prolonged intravenous administration of amphotericin B resulted in a good outcome. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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