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ReviewRheumatology international2009

Spondylodiscitis due to an emergent fungal pathogen: Blastoschizomyces capitatus, a case report and review of the literature.

Aygul Dogan Celik, Resat Ozaras, Serda Kantarcioglu, Ali Mert, Fehmi Tabak, Recep Ozturk

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Review in Rheumatology international, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aygul Dogan CelikTrakya University School of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey. adogancelik@yahoo.com.tr
Resat Ozaras
Serda Kantarcioglu
Ali Mert
Fehmi Tabak
Recep Ozturk
Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa · TRTrakya University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study includes a case report and a literature review. The main objective of this study is to present a case of spondylodiscitis due to a fungal pathogen, Blastoschizomyces capitatus and to review the published literature on this emergent fungus in etiology of spondylodiscitis, and osteomyelitis. Osteoarticular involvement due to B. capitatus has been reported in six cases, and vertebral involvement has been seen in five of them. All of these cases had underlying malignancy. Infection is usually advanced at presentation. Case notes and online databases were reviewed. Organism was isolated from bone material in all of the cases and antibiotic treatment by antifungal agents cured the infection. We present another case of infectious spondylodiscitis due to B. capitaus, which is reported first in Turkey and tried to attract attendance to this emergent fungal pathogen as an etiologic agent of spine infections in cancer patients.

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AgedAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsDipodascusDiscitisFluconazoleHumansItraconazoleKetoconazoleLumbar VertebraeMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNaphthalenesOpportunistic InfectionsRadiographyTerbinafineAmphotericin BAntifungal AgentsFluconazoleItraconazoleKetoconazoleNaphthalenesTerbinafine

Identifiers

PMID19370350
OpenAlexW1993970836

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