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Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus
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Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus

Takaaki Kobayashi, Ericka Lawler, Hasan Samra, Bradley Ford and Poorani Sekar
Open forum infectious diseases, Vol.8(1), p.ofaa614
01/01/2021
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa614
PMID: 33511236
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https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa614View
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Abstract

Abstract Fungal periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are rare but associated with significant mortality. We report a case of a finger PJI secondary to Aspergillus terreus in an immunocompetent patient with soil exposure, successfully treated with surgical debridement and voriconazole. Identification of A terreus is important because of intrinsic amphotericin B resistance.
fungal prosthetic joint infection

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