Histoplasma capsulatum prosthetic joint infection

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Immunocompromised patients are at risk of opportunistic infections. This is a 67-year-old woman with systemic sclerosis and knee osteoarthritis who underwent left total knee arthroplasty in 2009. In 2018 she underwent surgery for presumed aseptic loosening. Inflammation and purulent fluid were found; implant was removed and replaced with a static spacer. Three weeks later, H. capsulatum was isolated. She was successfully treated with itraconazole for 18 months; cultures on revision spacer replacement surgery were negative.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Medical mycology case reports - 40(2023) vom: 06. Juni, Seite 33-35

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Rajme-López, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
González-Lara, María F [VerfasserIn]
Rangel-Cordero, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Ponce-de-León, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Histoplasma capsulatum
Immunocompromised host
Prosthetic joint infection

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Date Revised 18.04.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.mmcr.2023.03.003

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NLM355677520