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Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature

Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Özcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete.


Abstract
Septic arthritis is a serious medical problem that causes rapidly chronic and irreversible joint damage when diagnosis and treatment are delayed. Although, the bacteria are the most frequent cause of septic arthritis, rarely fungi may be responsible for this disease. We presented here a case of septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, developed in a 65 years-old-male patient with diabetes mellitus. The patient admitted to our hospital with complaints of pain, swelling, redness in the right knee and high fever, which are not exceeding despite using vancomycin and ceftriaxone for 18 days. Imipenem was started to the patient in our hospital. At the end of 7 days because of no regression of patient 's complaints, arthroscopic synovectomy and lavage were performed for the patient 's right knee. Aspergillus fumigatus was isolated from the aspiration biopsy specimen that received during the surgical operation and patient was treated with voriconazole, successfully. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2012; 2(1): 29-32

Key words: Aspergillus fumigatus, aspergillosis, septic arthritis, immunosuppressive patient, diabetic patient.


 
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Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete. Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012; 2(1): 19-32 . doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038

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Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete. Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature. https://www.jmidonline.org/?mno=302657364 [Access: October 12, 2024]. doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038

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Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete. Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature. J Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012; 2(1): 19-32 . doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038


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Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete. Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature. J Microbiol Infect Dis. (2012), [cited October 12, 2024]; 2(1): 19-32 . doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038


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Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete (2012) Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature. J Microbiol Infect Dis, 2 (1), 19-32 . doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038


Turabian Style

Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete. 2012. Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2 (1), 19-32 . doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038


Chicago Style

Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete. "Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2 (2012), 19-32 . doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038


MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete. "Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature." Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2.1 (2012), 19-32 . Print. doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038


APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Tuba Dal, Alicem Tekin, Ozcan Deveci, Mehmet Bulut, Uğur Fırat, Mahmut Mete (2012) Septic arthritis caused by Aspergillus fumigatus in an immunosuppressive patient: A case report and review of the literature. Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2 (1), 19-32 . doi:10.5799/jmid2012.01.0038


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