A Case of Fungemia Caused by Postoperative Chronic Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Infection. (8th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zheng, Rui; Jin, Taicheng; Tao, Rui; Xu, Ning
• Other Names: Kawaguchi Yoshiharu Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in surgery. Volume 2022(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-08-08
• Subjects: Surgery -- Periodicals; Surgery -- Case studies -- Periodicals; Surgical Procedures, Operative; General Surgery; Surgery; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Case studies; Periodicals; Case Reports; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 617
• DOI: 10.1155/2022/8311278
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6900

Abstract

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.