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SUBMITTER: Meiyappan A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588684 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arthroplasty today 20190401 2
<i>Histoplasma capsulatum</i> periprosthetic knee infection has rarely been reported in the literature due to its low frequency. Notwithstanding, it is important to keep it among the differential diagnoses to avoid delays in treatment. The current report presents the case of infectious knee monoarthritis in an immunocompetent patient after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The joint infection was accompanied by disseminated histoplasmosis, which initiated an autoimmune reaction, ensuing a syst ...[more]