Prosthetic Joint Infection of a Revision Knee Arthroplasty with Candida parapsilosis

Martine Christine Keuning; Aziz Al Moujahid; Wierd Pieter Zijlstra

doi:10.1155/2019/3634519

Case Reports in Orthopedics (Jan 2019)

Prosthetic Joint Infection of a Revision Knee Arthroplasty with Candida parapsilosis

Martine Christine Keuning,
Aziz Al Moujahid,
Wierd Pieter Zijlstra

Affiliations

Martine Christine Keuning: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Aziz Al Moujahid: Center for Infectious Diseases Friesland, Izore, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Wierd Pieter Zijlstra: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, Netherlands

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3634519
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2019

Abstract

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We report a case of an infected total knee arthroplasty with Candida parapsilosis. The patient was successfully treated with a two-stage exchange arthroplasty, local antifungal treatment, and systemic antifungal treatment. This specific combination therapy to treat C. parapsilosis joint infection has not been previously reported.

Published in Case Reports in Orthopedics

ISSN: 2090-6749 (Print); 2090-6757 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery: Orthopedic surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9192

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