Osteomielitis vertebral por Candida parapsilosis, reporte de un caso y revisión bibliográfica

Autores/as

  • Valeria Maureira E. Universidad de Chile
  • Tomás Pérez-Luco A. Universidad de Chile
  • Valentín López F. Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Medicina. Sección Infectología
  • Roberto Olivares C. Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Medicina. Sección Infectología
  • Fernanda Ávila O. Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile. Departamento de Medicina. Sección Infectología

Resumen

Invasive candidiasis is a pathology associated with known risk factors. In the past decades its incidence has increased, due to an increment in new non-albicans species, one of which is Candida parapsilosis. The most frequent presentation still is candidemia, however, candidial osteomyelitis cases have been described, usually compromising the axial skeleton. In this article, we report a case of candida parapsilosis spondylodiscitis, along with a review of the published literature of the subject.

Palabras clave:

Osteomielitis, Discitis, Candida parapsilosis