Candida Parapsilosis Total Hip Arthroplasty Infection: Case Report and Literature Review

Candida Parapsilosis Total Hip Arthroplasty Infection: Case Report and Literature Review

A 71 year-old male with a history of diabetes mellitus and right total hip arthroplasty (THA), received a revision surgery on the acetabulum cup of the THA because of loosening. The intraoperative culture yielded Candida parapsilosis. It was regarded as contamination initially. The patient had remai...

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Main Authors: Wang-Kei Chiu, Kwong-Yin Chung, Kin-Wing Cheung, Kwok-Hing Chiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-06-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
arthroplasty
Candida
fluconazole
prosthetic infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491712000358

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