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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2024

Hong Yang, Xin Wang, Weijian Zhu, Bei Zhou

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Hong Yang *Department of Spine Surgery, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Xin Wang *Department of Spine Surgery, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, Wuhan, China.
Weijian ZhuDepartment of Orthopedics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Bei ZhouDepartment of Spine Surgery, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, Wuhan, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Tropical Candida spondylitis is an uncommon cause of lower back pain in patients, especially in non-tropical areas or in patients not at risk of immunocompromise. Case presentation: A 65-year-old woman presented with a six-month history of poorly managed low back pain, now accompanied by numbness and pain in both lower extremities. Her medical history was significant for tertiary hypertension. Inflammatory markers were mildly elevated. MRI fluid sequences revealed lamellar enhancement of the L4-5 vertebral bodies, narrowing of the intervertebral space, peripheral soft tissue edema, and spinal canal compression. After 3 weeks of empirical anti-tuberculosis therapy, the patient's symptoms did not improve, prompting posterior lesion debridement and autologous iliac bone grafting with pedicle screw fixation. Postoperatively, disc tissue cultures and next-generation sequencing (NGS) identified Conclusion: The imaging and clinical presentation of

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