Candidal arthritis in revision knee arthroplasty successfully treated with sequential parenteral-oral fluconazole and amphotericin B-loaded cement spacer.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present a case of a patient with preoperative cutaneous candidiasis, who developed candidal infection during stage revision knee arthroplasty. The patient received intravenous fluconazole for 6 weeks and resection arthroplasty with an amphotericin B-loaded cement spacer and continuous oral fluconazole therapy for 9 weeks. Revision surgery was successful.
Medical subject headings
- Amphotericin B
- Antifungal Agents
- Arthritis, Infectious
- Candidiasis
- Fluconazole
- Knee Prosthesis
- Prosthesis-Related Infections
Anatomy
- knee