Paul J, White S H, Nicholls K M, Crook D W
Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, UK.
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1992 Sep;11(9):847-9. doi: 10.1007/BF01960889.
Candida infection of joint replacements is a rare but increasingly reported phenomenon. A case of Candida parapsilosis prosthetic knee joint infection occurring in the UK is described. Cure followed removal of the prosthesis and treatment, first with a combination of amphotericin and 5-fluorocytosine, then ketoconazole.