TY - JOUR
T1 - Candida parapsilosis infection of total hip-joint replacement
T2 - Successful reimplantation after treatment with amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine. A case report
AU - Younkin, S.
AU - McCollister Evarts, C.
AU - Steigbigel, R. T.
PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - A patient with a Candida parapsilosis infection about a prosthetic total hip joint was successfully managed by removing the prosthetic components and bone cement, administering amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine, and replacing the total hip joint fourteen months later. The joint was functioning well without evidence of infection two years after replacement.
AB - A patient with a Candida parapsilosis infection about a prosthetic total hip joint was successfully managed by removing the prosthetic components and bone cement, administering amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine, and replacing the total hip joint fourteen months later. The joint was functioning well without evidence of infection two years after replacement.
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U2 - 10.2106/00004623-198466010-00023
DO - 10.2106/00004623-198466010-00023
M3 - Article
C2 - 6690437
AN - SCOPUS:0021333495
SN - 0021-9355
VL - 66
SP - 142
EP - 143
JO - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
JF - Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
IS - 1
ER -