Fungal Prosthetic Joint Infection by <i>Candida parapsilosis</i> After Total Knee Arthroplasty.

ABSTRACT: Total knee arthroplasty is an increasingly common surgical intervention for degenerative knee disease, yet it carries a risk of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). While bacterial infections dominate the landscape of PJIs, fungal infections represent a rare but significant concern, especially in immunocompromised patients. This case report describes a 71-year-old patient who presented in October 2024 with left knee pain and swelling 7 months after total knee arthroplasty. A prosthetic joint infection due to Candida parapsilosis was diagnosed preoperatively by repetitive microbiological examination of synovial fluid and intraoperatively by tissue samples and sonication of prosthetic material. A two-stage revision surgery with a short 4-week interval was performed using an antifungal-im

SUBMITTER: Krajnc Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12649646 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature