Coccidioidomycosis Infection of a Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Nonendemic Region

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375.e13-375.e15

  Austen, Shennah ^a   van der Weegen, Walter ^a   Verduin, Cees M ^a,b   van der Valk, Marc ^c   Hoekstra, Henk J ^a  

^a ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coccidioidomycosis; Fungal prosthetic joint infection; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA 18S; FLUCONAZOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOIDES IMMITIS; COCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KNEE PAIN; LONG TERM CARE; SWELLING; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84872677474     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.05.006     Document Type: Article

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