Candida infection in total knee arthroplasty with successful reimplantation. 2010

Bradley Graw, and Steven Woolson, and James I Huddleston
Department of Orthopaedics, Stanford University, Redwood City, California 94063, USA. bradley.graw@gmail.com

Fungal infections associated with prosthetic joints are uncommon. The first case report describes a woman with insidious onset of a candidal infection of a revision total knee arthroplasty. After multiple joint debridements and prolonged antibacterial and antifungal therapy, she had a successful reimplantation of a knee prosthesis. The second case report concerns a man who had a primary cemented total knee arthroplasty that became infected with Candida albicans. He underwent resection arthroplasty with eventual replant without recurrence at 20 years. Although resection arthroplasty should be maintained as the gold standard in the surgical treatment of this problem, the first case shows a successful short-term outcome ofreimplantation of a patient with fungal infection of long-stemmed, revision total knee replacement. It also shows a treatment failure with fluconazole that was cured by voriconazole and caspofungin, two more recently developed antifungal agents.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007720 Knee Prosthesis Replacement for a knee joint. Knee Prostheses,Prostheses, Knee,Prosthesis, Knee
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D002177 Candidiasis Infection with a fungus of the genus CANDIDA. It is usually a superficial infection of the moist areas of the body and is generally caused by CANDIDA ALBICANS. (Dorland, 27th ed) Candida Infection,Moniliasis,Candida Infections,Candidiases,Infection, Candida,Moniliases
D003646 Debridement The removal of foreign material and devitalized or contaminated tissue from or adjacent to a traumatic or infected lesion until surrounding healthy tissue is exposed. (Dorland, 27th ed) Debridements
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000900 Anti-Bacterial Agents Substances that inhibit the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA. Anti-Bacterial Agent,Anti-Bacterial Compound,Anti-Mycobacterial Agent,Antibacterial Agent,Antibiotics,Antimycobacterial Agent,Bacteriocidal Agent,Bacteriocide,Anti-Bacterial Compounds,Anti-Mycobacterial Agents,Antibacterial Agents,Antibiotic,Antimycobacterial Agents,Bacteriocidal Agents,Bacteriocides,Agent, Anti-Bacterial,Agent, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agent, Antibacterial,Agent, Antimycobacterial,Agent, Bacteriocidal,Agents, Anti-Bacterial,Agents, Anti-Mycobacterial,Agents, Antibacterial,Agents, Antimycobacterial,Agents, Bacteriocidal,Anti Bacterial Agent,Anti Bacterial Agents,Anti Bacterial Compound,Anti Bacterial Compounds,Anti Mycobacterial Agent,Anti Mycobacterial Agents,Compound, Anti-Bacterial,Compounds, Anti-Bacterial

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