Successful treatment of a Candida auris intra-articular infection

Scott C. Roberts; Teresa R. Zembower; Maureen K. Bolon; Anish R. Kadakia; Jasen H. Gilley; Jason H. Ko; Jessica Clark; Sharon Ward-Fore; Babafemi O. Taiwo

doi:10.1080/22221751.2019.1625287

Successful treatment of a Candida auris intra-articular infection

Scott C. Roberts^*, Teresa R. Zembower, Maureen K. Bolon, Anish R. Kadakia, Jasen H. Gilley, Jason H. Ko, Jessica Clark, Sharon Ward-Fore, Babafemi O. Taiwo

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Abstract

A 78-year-old woman with a long-term ankle spacer with antibacterials developed an intra-articular Candida auris infection. Treatment with systemic antifungal therapy plus an amphotericin B moulded cement spacer was successful.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	866-868
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Volume	8
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2019.1625287
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

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Keywords

Candida auris
amphotericin cement spacer
intra-articular infection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
Epidemiology
Microbiology
Immunology
Drug Discovery
Virology
Infectious Diseases

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Roberts, S. C., Zembower, T. R., Bolon, M. K., Kadakia, A. R., Gilley, J. H., Ko, J. H., Clark, J., Ward-Fore, S., & Taiwo, B. O. (2019). Successful treatment of a Candida auris intra-articular infection. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 8(1), 866-868. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2019.1625287

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