Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment

Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment

Histoplasma capsulatum is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic joint infections. This current case report is of a patient from Trinidad, with a history of a right total knee replacement (TKR), who underwent a successful two-stage revision due to a Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Case reports in orthopedics 2022-08, Vol.2022, p.1-7
Hauptverfasser: Satalich, James, Reznicek, Julie, Bryson, Alexandra, Pershad, Prayag, Hooper, Nicholas, Satpathy, Jibanananda
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Sprache:eng
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Abscesses
Antibiotics
Case Report
Case reports
Debridement
Fractures
Fungal infections
Joint surgery
Knee
Patients
Polymethyl methacrylate
Prostheses
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Zusammenfassung:Histoplasma capsulatum is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic joint infections. This current case report is of a patient from Trinidad, with a history of a right total knee replacement (TKR), who underwent a successful two-stage revision due to a Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). This case report offers a unique treatment plan to successfully treat Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infections and emphasizes the importance of obtaining an accurate travel history.
ISSN:2090-6749
2090-6757
DOI:10.1155/2022/8998996