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Osteomyelitis and intervertebral discitis caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in a patient with acute leukemia
D D'Antonio1, R Piccolomini, G Fioritoni
1Servizio di Microbiologia, Ospedale Civile S. Spirito, Pescara, Italy.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
We describe the first known case of vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis caused by Blastoschizomyces capitatus in a leukemic patient and the results of therapy. We also reconfirm the microbiological characteristics which differentiate this species from other yeastlike pathogens.