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ArticleCase reports in surgery2022

A Case of Fungemia Caused by Postoperative Chronic Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Infection.

Rui Zheng, Taicheng Jin, Rui Tao, Ning Xu

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Article in Case reports in surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Lumbar postoperativeFrontiers in medicine · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Rui ZhengDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Xishan, Kunming, China 650032.
Taicheng JinHamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd, Clinton, NY 13323, USA.
Rui TaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Xishan, Kunming, China 650032.
Ning XuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Xishan, Kunming, China 650032.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1186-6128
Kunming University of Science and Technology · CNHamilton College · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postoperative surgical site infection is one of the serious postoperative complications of spine surgery, especially fungal infections. Late-stage surgical site fungal infections often lack typical clinical symptoms and have a variable clinical presentation. In this case, the patient was a senior patient with usually only tolerable pain and discomfort, which was detected 2 years after the first surgery. Such cases are even rarer for fungal bloodstream infections caused by delayed postoperative chronic fungal osteomyelitis and deserve further study for early identification and intervention to minimize harm.

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PMID35978861
PMCPMC9377923
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