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- Title
Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus.
- Authors
Kobayashi, Takaaki; Lawler, Ericka; Samra, Hasan; Ford, Bradley; Sekar, Poorani
- Abstract
Fungal periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are rare but associated with significant mortality. We report a case of a finger PJI secondary to Aspergillus terreus in an immunocompetent patient with soil exposure, successfully treated with surgical debridement and voriconazole. Identification of A terreus is important because of intrinsic amphotericin B resistance.
- Subjects
ARTIFICIAL joints; ASPERGILLUS terreus; FINGER joint; ASPERGILLOSIS; AMPHOTERICIN B; JOINT infections; PULMONARY aspergillosis
- Publication
Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2021, Vol 8, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2328-8957
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ofid/ofaa614