Candida arthritis after total knee arthroplasty - A case of successful treatment without prosthesis removal

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 306-307

  Fukasawa, Naoki ^a   Shirakura, Kenji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; DIBEKACIN; FLUCONAZOLE; POVIDONE IODINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE ARTHRITIS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0030757327     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708996709     Document Type: Article

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