Magnetic resonance image findings of spinal intramedullary abscess caused by Candida albicans: case report

Neurosurgery. 1995 Feb;36(2):411-2. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199502000-00026.

Abstract

We present the clinical, serological, and radiological features of a patient with a spinal intramedullary abscess caused by Candida albicans. Antimycotic treatment was successful, and no neurosurgical approach was necessary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnosis*
  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
  • Candidiasis / diagnosis*
  • Flucytosine / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Medulla Oblongata / microbiology*
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / drug therapy

Substances

  • Amphotericin B
  • Flucytosine