Cervical spondylitis due to Phaeoacremonium venezuelense in an immunocompetent patient. A first case report
In this paper, we present a case of cervical spondylitis due to Phaeoacremonium venezuelense, in a fifty-two-year-old male who complained about neck pain and tingles in his right arm. Fungal cervical spondylitis is extremely rare in immunocompetent patients. This case is the first case of spondyliti...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal de mycologie médicale 2012-06, Vol.22 (2), p.197-200 |
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Zusammenfassung: | In this paper, we present a case of cervical spondylitis due to Phaeoacremonium venezuelense, in a fifty-two-year-old male who complained about neck pain and tingles in his right arm. Fungal cervical spondylitis is extremely rare in immunocompetent patients. This case is the first case of spondylitis due to P. venezuelense.
Nous présentons ici un cas de spondylite cervicale àPhaeoacremonium venezuelense chez un patient de 52ans qui se plaignait d’une douleur au cou et de fourmillements dans le bras droit. La spondylite cervicale fongique est extrêmement rare chez les patients immunocompétents. C’est le premier cas de spondylite àP. venezuelense décrit. |
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ISSN: | 1156-5233 1773-0449 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mycmed.2012.03.001 |