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Patrick Duplan1, Mohammad B Memon1, Humdoon Choudhry1
1Internal Medicine, Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Florida Bayonet Point Hospital, Hudson, USA.
Cureus
|July 20, 2022
Abstract:
Fungal osteomyelitis is rare and usually seen in immunocompromised patients. We report a case of Candida parapsilosis osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent patient with no prior surgical history. He went for spinal laminectomy with debridement and drainage. Intraoperative culture grew C. parapsilosis, and the patient was treated with fluconazole.
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