Tirado-Miranda R, Solera-Santos J, Brasero J C, Haro-Estarriol M, Cascales-Sánchez P, Igualada J B
Internal Medicine Department, General Hospital Albacete, Spain.
J Infect. 2001 Oct;43(3):210-2. doi: 10.1053/jinf.2001.0866.
Septic arthritis is a relatively common disease, but reports of septic arthritis caused by fungi are still rare and it is often associated with predisposing factors that reduce cellular immunity (alcoholism, cancer, endogenous or exogenous hypercortisolism, intravenous drug abuse). Articular conditions caused by Scedosporium apiospermum are uncommon. Here we report the case of a 32-year-old immunocompetent male with septic arthritis caused by S. apiospermum and review 12 other cases.
化脓性关节炎是一种相对常见的疾病，但由真菌引起的化脓性关节炎报告仍然罕见，并且它通常与降低细胞免疫的易感因素相关（酗酒、癌症、内源性或外源性皮质醇增多症、静脉药物滥用）。由尖端赛多孢子菌引起的关节疾病并不常见。在此，我们报告一例由尖端赛多孢子菌引起的化脓性关节炎的32岁免疫功能正常男性病例，并回顾其他12例病例。
