Necrotizing Fungal Infection Following Penile Prosthesis Implantation: A Case Report

Abstract

Infection is one of the most devastating complications of penile prosthesis implantation. Although the infection prevalence have decreased owing to new technologies and growing surgical experience, it is still a troublesome situation. We present a 50-year-old male patient who had necrotizing fungal infection after penile prosthesis implantation caused by Trichosporon asahii.

Keywords

• Fungi
• infection
• necrosis
• penile prosthesis
• Trichosporon asahii