Osteomielitis por Scedosporium spp., a propósito de un caso
Loading...
Date
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Asociación Argentina de Microbiología (AAM)
Abstract
Scedosporium es un hongo de distribución mundial que se encuentra en el suelo y en aguas contaminadas. Raramente afecta tejido óseo y puede hacerlo por inoculación directa a través de traumatismos. Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente de 54 años con antecedente de accidente acuático y fractura expuesta de tibia-peroné de ambos miembros inferiores, con diagnóstico de osteomielitis crónica bacteriana tratada con antibióticos de amplio espectro por 120 días. Luego de ocho meses iniciado el cuadro, se aísla Scedosporium spp. en colección de miembro afectado; por tal motivo, el paciente recibe terapia con voriconazol asociado a terbinafina.
Scedosporium is a fungus that has a worldwide distribution, and which can be found in soil and contaminated water. It can rarely affect bone tissue and can do it either by direct inoculation or through trauma. We present here a case of a 54- year- old male patient with a diagnosis of chronic bacterial osteomyelitis due to an aquatic accident and exposed fracture of tibia-fibula of both members, which was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics for 120 days. Eight months after the onset of the disease, Scedosporium spp. was isolated from the collection of one of the affected member, which was treated with voriconazole in combination with terbinafine.
Scedosporium is a fungus that has a worldwide distribution, and which can be found in soil and contaminated water. It can rarely affect bone tissue and can do it either by direct inoculation or through trauma. We present here a case of a 54- year- old male patient with a diagnosis of chronic bacterial osteomyelitis due to an aquatic accident and exposed fracture of tibia-fibula of both members, which was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics for 120 days. Eight months after the onset of the disease, Scedosporium spp. was isolated from the collection of one of the affected member, which was treated with voriconazole in combination with terbinafine.
Description
Keywords
Citation
Endorsement
Review
Supplemented By
Referenced By
Creative Commons license
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

