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- Title
Ozone Treatment Unveils the Veil of Candida parapsilosis Infection in the Knee Joint: A Case Report and Literature Review.
- Authors
Mu, Guo; Liu, Hongmei; Chen, Milian; Liu, Xiangbo; Ou, Cehua
- Abstract
Candida infection is common, while Candida parapsilosis infection in the knee joint is rare. Local symptoms of Candida infections in the knee are atypical, rarely associated with systemic symptoms, and difficult to distinguish from other types of knee arthritis. We here report a special case of C. parapsilosis infections in the knee joint. A patient had previously undergone knee puncture in a private clinic for the treatment of osteoarthritis and developed a left knee joint infection with C. parapsilosis. However, the patient only showed more severe local knee symptoms, and there was no systemic manifestation associated with any Candida infection. Surprisingly, after receiving ozone lavage, the patient showed symptoms of a systemic infection such as fever and chills. There was no positive finding in the blood cultures. Finally, the synovial fluid cultures showed a C. parapsilosis infections. After antifungal treatment and another knee ozone therapy, the patient did not experience recurrence of the infections. It is suggested that in this special case, the strong sterilization with ozone caused the destruction of C. parapsilosis, leading to a transient systemic toxin reaction. In addition, we reviewed the 17 cases of C. parapsilosis infections that have been reported thus far.
- Subjects
CANDIDIASIS; JOINT infections; KNEE; OZONE; CANDIDEMIA; LITERATURE reviews
- Publication
Mycopathologia, 2020, Vol 185, Issue 3, p545
- ISSN
0301-486X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11046-020-00447-8