Candida albicans Prosthetic Joint Infection After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Rare Case Report

In this article, a 75-year-old patient with pain in left knee and restricted range of motion following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is presented. Serological evaluation and aspiration of knee joint suggested a fungal prosthetic joint infection. After the diagnosis was confirmed, treatment started w...

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Autores principales: Sarzaeem, Mohammad Mahdi, Beigi, Amin Norouz, Darestani, Reza Tavakoli, Omrani, Farzad Amuzadeh, Baroutkoub, Mojtaba, Rasi, Alireza Manafi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9926025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36798917
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/abr.abr_302_21
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Sumario:In this article, a 75-year-old patient with pain in left knee and restricted range of motion following total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is presented. Serological evaluation and aspiration of knee joint suggested a fungal prosthetic joint infection. After the diagnosis was confirmed, treatment started with antifungal drugs, removing prosthesis, exhaustive debridement, and revision of TKA after efficient antifungal treatment. At one-year follow-up, she has a painless motion range of 10 to 90 degrees, and there was no recurrence of infection observed.

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