Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature

Fungal periprosthetic joint infections due to Aspergillus species are rare but are associated with significant cost and morbidity. We present a case of Asperigillus terreus prosthetic joint infection of the hip. The patient was successfully treated with a prolonged course of systemic antifungals alo...

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Autores principales: Bartash, Rachel, Guo, Yi, Pope, John B., Levi, Michael H., Szymczak, Wendy, Saraiya, Nidhi, Nori, Priya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544492/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28808616
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.006
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author Bartash, Rachel
Guo, Yi
Pope, John B.
Levi, Michael H.
Szymczak, Wendy
Saraiya, Nidhi
Nori, Priya
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description Fungal periprosthetic joint infections due to Aspergillus species are rare but are associated with significant cost and morbidity. We present a case of Asperigillus terreus prosthetic joint infection of the hip. The patient was successfully treated with a prolonged course of systemic antifungals along with surgical management.
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spelling pubmed-55444922017-08-14 Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature Bartash, Rachel Guo, Yi Pope, John B. Levi, Michael H. Szymczak, Wendy Saraiya, Nidhi Nori, Priya Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report Fungal periprosthetic joint infections due to Aspergillus species are rare but are associated with significant cost and morbidity. We present a case of Asperigillus terreus prosthetic joint infection of the hip. The patient was successfully treated with a prolonged course of systemic antifungals along with surgical management. Elsevier 2017-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5544492/ /pubmed/28808616 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.006 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature
title Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature
title_full Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature
title_fullStr Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature
title_full_unstemmed Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature
title_short Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5544492/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.006
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