Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus | Zendy

Takaaki Kobayashi | Zendy; Ericka A. Lawler | Zendy; Hasan Samra | Zendy; Bradley Ford | Zendy; Poorani Sekar | Zendy

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Prosthetic Finger Joint Infection Due to Aspergillus terreus

Author(s) -

Takaaki Kobayashi,

Ericka A. Lawler,

Hasan Samra,

Bradley Ford,

Poorani Sekar

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofaa614

Subject(s) - aspergillus terreus , medicine , voriconazole , periprosthetic , joint infections , amphotericin b , aspergillus , debridement (dental) , surgery , surgical debridement , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology , antifungal , arthroplasty , biology

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.

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