Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus.

Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus.

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jan;8(1):ofaa614

Authors: Kobayashi T, Lawler E, Samra H, Ford B, Sekar P

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.

PMID: 33511236 [PubMed]

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