Prosthetic joint infection due toCandida parapsilosis in the UK: Case report and literature review
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 11 (9) , 847-849
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01960889
Abstract
Candida infection of joint replacements is a rare but increasingly reported phenomenon. A case ofCandida parapsilosis prosthetic knee joint infection occurring in the UK is described. Cure followed removal of the prosthesis and treatment, first with a combination of amphotericin and 5-fluorocytosine, then ketoconazole.Keywords
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