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20608769

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11-12
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Candida prosthetic joint infections are considered to be rare. We retrospectively studied patients treated for Candida prosthetic infections between 1 January 1995 and 31 December 2007 in our infectious diseases department, a tertiary referral centre. We identified 7 patients, 4 with knee and 3 with hip prosthetic infections. The most frequent fungal agent was Candida albicans (4 cases), followed by Candida parapsilosis (2 cases) and Candida guillermondii (1 case). All the patients received antifungal treatment for a prolonged period. Five patients had their prosthesis removed and 3 had reimplantation, 1 patient was treated with debridement and prosthetic retention, and the last patient refused surgery. The mean follow-up time was 2.5 y. At the last evaluation, 3 patients were considered as cured, 3 patients presented a secondary bacterial infection leading to amputation for 2 of them, and 1 patient died from heart failure. During Candida prosthetic joint infections, the epidemiological characteristics and the location of the prosthesis are very similar to bacterial prosthetic infections. The benchmark antifungal therapies remain amphotericin B and/or fluconazole.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1651-1980
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
890-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Candida prosthetic infections: case series and literature review.
pubmed:affiliation
Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Pellegrin, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. herve.dutronc@chu-bordeaux.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports