TORULOPSIS GLABRATA OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE SPINE: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE | Zendy

THURSTON ALAN J. | Zendy; GILLESPIE WILLIAM J. | Zendy

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TORULOPSIS GLABRATA OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE SPINE: A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Author(s) -

THURSTON ALAN J.,

GILLESPIE WILLIAM J.

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

australian and new zealand journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1445-2197

pISSN - 0004-8682

DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1981.tb04972.x

Subject(s) - medicine , osteomyelitis , spine (molecular biology) , tuberculosis , organism , microbiology and biotechnology , intensive care medicine , pathology , surgery , bioinformatics , biology , paleontology

Until recent years, infective lesions of the spine have almost always been due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis or pyogenic bacteria. Recently, however, a number of infections by other types of organisms have been reported. Torulopsis glabrata , normally a well‐distributed saprophyte in man, has not, to the best of our knowledge, been among these. We now report a case of spinal osteomyelitis due to this organism, and discuss the management of infections for which it can be responsible.

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