ArticleCureus2025
Candida Spondylodiscitis After Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection: A Case Report.
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Abstract
Transforaminal epidural steroid injection (TFESI) is a widely used intervention for lumbar radicular pain. Although rare, fungal spinal infections can follow such procedures and require prompt diagnosis and management. A 76‑year‑old male developed progressive back pain and bilateral leg weakness two weeks after bilateral L5 TFESI. He received empirical antibiotic therapy in an outside emergency department, but showed no progress. He subsequently presented to our outpatient clinic 11 weeks after TFESI. MRI showed pyogenic spondylitis and osteomyelitis at L1-L2 with psoas involvement. No pathogen was identified in diagnostic evaluations, including acid-fast bacillus (AFB) staining of blood and sputum, blood cultures, urine culture, microorganism identification tests, and bone biopsy cultures. Worsening motor weakness prompted L1-2 decompression; intraoperative disc cultures grew
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