Candidal arthritis in revision knee arthroplasty successfully treated with sequential parenteral-oral fluconazole and amphotericin B-loaded cement spacer
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Meng-Huang Wu • Kuo-Yao Hsu
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
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.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc (2011) 19:273–276 DOI 10.1007/s00167-010-1211-4 Received: 9 February 2010 / Accepted: 23 June 2010 / Published online: 22 July 2010
