Candida Parapsilosis Total Hip Arthroplasty Infection: Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-36

  Chiu, Wang Kei ^a   Chung, Kwong Yin ^a   Cheung, Kin Wing ^a   Chiu, Kwok Hing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Candida; Fluconazole; Prosthetic infection

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ACETABULUM; AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HIP PAIN; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 84875367446     PISSN: 22104917     EISSN: 22104925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jotr.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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