Periprosthetic hip joint infection with Aspergillus terreus: A clinical case and a review of the literature
Rachel Bartash, Yi Guo, John B. Pope and 4 more
Medical Mycology Case Reports · 2017
doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2017.07.006 (opens in a new tab)
We email you when a new notice or a question about this paper appears.
Abstract
Fungal periprosthetic joint infections due to Aspergillus species are rare but are associated with significant cost and morbidity. We present a case of Asperigillus terreus prosthetic joint infection of the hip. The patient was successfully treated with a prolonged course of systemic antifungals along with surgical management. Keywords: Fungal prosthetic joint infection, Aspergillus terreus
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC-ND
Reads
Read by people on this page
None yet.
Checked or read by AI through naulon
None yet.
A person counts once a day per paper. We keep no cookie and no address: a reader is a hash that changes every day. Any month under five reads shows no number.
Are you an author?
Is this your paper?
Claim it to add your note and be paid when agents cite it. Free.