Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment

Histoplasma capsulatum is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic joint infections. This current case report is of a patient from Trinidad, with a history of a right total knee replacement (TKR), who underwent a successful two-stage revision due to a Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infe...

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Autores principales: Satalich, James, Reznicek, Julie, Bryson, Alexandra, Pershad, Prayag, Hooper, Nicholas, Satpathy, Jibanananda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9410996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36034748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8998996
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author Satalich, James
Reznicek, Julie
Bryson, Alexandra
Pershad, Prayag
Hooper, Nicholas
Satpathy, Jibanananda
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Reznicek, Julie
Bryson, Alexandra
Pershad, Prayag
Hooper, Nicholas
Satpathy, Jibanananda
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description Histoplasma capsulatum is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic joint infections. This current case report is of a patient from Trinidad, with a history of a right total knee replacement (TKR), who underwent a successful two-stage revision due to a Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). This case report offers a unique treatment plan to successfully treat Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infections and emphasizes the importance of obtaining an accurate travel history.
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spelling pubmed-94109962022-08-26 Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment Satalich, James Reznicek, Julie Bryson, Alexandra Pershad, Prayag Hooper, Nicholas Satpathy, Jibanananda Case Rep Orthop Case Report Histoplasma capsulatum is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic joint infections. This current case report is of a patient from Trinidad, with a history of a right total knee replacement (TKR), who underwent a successful two-stage revision due to a Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). This case report offers a unique treatment plan to successfully treat Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infections and emphasizes the importance of obtaining an accurate travel history. Hindawi 2022-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9410996/ /pubmed/36034748 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8998996 Text en Copyright © 2022 James Satalich et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment
title_full Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment
title_fullStr Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment
title_short Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment
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