Back Pain in a 23-Year-Old Male With X-Linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Patients with chronic granulomatous disease are at increased risk for invasive aspergillosis. Cryptic Aspergillus species are being increasingly recognized as distinct causes of infection in this population. In this study, we describe the first case of Aspergillus udagawae vertebral osteomyelitis in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2019-11, Vol.6 (11)
Hauptverfasser:	Sabo, Michelle C, Blain, Michela, McCulloch, Denise, Glasgow, Heather L, Sengupta, Dhruba J, Le, Thang, Cookson, Brad T, Pottinger, Paul S, Liles, W Conrad, Graham, Susan M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chronic granulomatous disease Complications and side effects Diagnosis Id Cases Osteomyelitis Risk factors
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Zusammenfassung:	Patients with chronic granulomatous disease are at increased risk for invasive aspergillosis. Cryptic Aspergillus species are being increasingly recognized as distinct causes of infection in this population. In this study, we describe the first case of Aspergillus udagawae vertebral osteomyelitis in a patient with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.
ISSN:	2328-8957 2328-8957
DOI:	10.1093/ofid/ofz449