Case Reports
Candida glabrata Prosthetic Hip Infection
Am J Orthop. 2012 November;41(11):500-505
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Filippo Bartalesi, Stefania Fallani, Elena Salomoni, Massimiliano Marcucci, Massimo Meli, Patrizia Pecile, Maria Iris Cassetta, Leonardo Latella, Alessandro Bartoloni, and Andrea Novelli
We present a case of a 60-year-old Caucasian woman carrying a 2-year-old hip prosthesis infected by Candida glabrata dose-dependent susceptible to fluconazole and voriconazole. Resection arthroplasty was performed. Six weeks of caspofungin plus liposomal amphotericin combination therapy achieved joint sterilization and allowed a successfully reimplantation arthroplasty. In addition, we review 9 cases of C. glabrata prosthetic joint infection described to date in the literature.