Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report

We report a rare case of C. krusei knee arthritis treated with instillation of micafungin and arthroscopy. A 49-year-old man hospitalized for treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia developed knee arthritis with C. krusei. He was treated with a combination of arthroscopic debridement, intravenous as wel...

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Autores principales: van Egmond, Jeroen C., Hunfeld, Nicole G.M., Rijnders, Bart J.A., Verhaar, Jan A.N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32123657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.011
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Verhaar, Jan A.N.
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description We report a rare case of C. krusei knee arthritis treated with instillation of micafungin and arthroscopy. A 49-year-old man hospitalized for treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia developed knee arthritis with C. krusei. He was treated with a combination of arthroscopic debridement, intravenous as well as intra-articular micafungin. Serum and intra-articular concentrations of micafungin were determined. After instillation of micafungin in the knee and arthroscopic debridement, the patient completely recovered.
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spelling pubmed-70365442020-03-02 Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report van Egmond, Jeroen C. Hunfeld, Nicole G.M. Rijnders, Bart J.A. Verhaar, Jan A.N. Med Mycol Case Rep Case Report We report a rare case of C. krusei knee arthritis treated with instillation of micafungin and arthroscopy. A 49-year-old man hospitalized for treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia developed knee arthritis with C. krusei. He was treated with a combination of arthroscopic debridement, intravenous as well as intra-articular micafungin. Serum and intra-articular concentrations of micafungin were determined. After instillation of micafungin in the knee and arthroscopic debridement, the patient completely recovered. Elsevier 2019-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7036544/ /pubmed/32123657 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.011 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report
title Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report
title_full Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report
title_fullStr Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report
title_full_unstemmed Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report
title_short Persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. A case report
title_sort persistent candida arthritis successfully treated with micafungin instillation and surgery. a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7036544/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.011
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