A case of Candida orthopsilosis associated septic arthritis in a patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Orville D. Heslop; Karel De Ceulaer; Lois Rainford; Alison M. Nicholson

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.11.001

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Mar 2015)

A case of Candida orthopsilosis associated septic arthritis in a patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Orville D. Heslop,
Karel De Ceulaer,
Lois Rainford,
Alison M. Nicholson

Affiliations

Orville D. Heslop: Depatrtment of Microbiology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston7, Jamaica
Karel De Ceulaer: University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Lois Rainford: Depatrtment of Microbiology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston7, Jamaica
Alison M. Nicholson: Depatrtment of Microbiology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston7, Jamaica

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2014.11.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. C
pp. 1 – 3

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We report a case of persistent Candida orthopsilosis associated septic arthritis. Repeated isolation of C. orthopsilosis from tissue and joint fluid was confirmed by identification of the ITS region of the rRNA gene using a Candida-Specific Luminex based assay and gene sequencing of the D1/D2 regions. This was the first case of C. orthopsilosis associated septic arthritis reported in Jamaica and in the literature.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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