Aspergillus fumigatus infection as a delayed manifestation of prosthetic knee arthroplasty and a review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 573-578

  Yilmaz, Mesut ^a   Mete, Bilgül ^b   Özaras, Reŝat ^b   Kaynak, Gökhan ^b   Tabak, Fehmi ^b   Tenekecioǧlu, Yüksel ^b   Öztürk, Recep ^b  

^a ISTANBUL MEDIPOL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Aspergillus fumigatus; Prosthetic infection; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; TEICOPLANIN; UREA;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; FUNGUS GROWTH; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT SWELLING; KNEE PAIN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RANGE OF MOTION; REIMPLANTATION; REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WOUND HEALING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960468077     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365548.2011.574294     Document Type: Review

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