Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a Patient from Trinidad: Workup, Pathology, and Treatment

Published:2022-08-05 Issue: Volume:2022 Page:1-7
ISSN:2090-6757
Container-title:Case Reports in Orthopedics
language:en
Short-container-title:Case Reports in Orthopedics

Author:

Satalich James¹^ORCID,Reznicek Julie²,Bryson Alexandra¹,Pershad Prayag³,Hooper Nicholas³,Satpathy Jibanananda¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital System, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA

2. Department of Infectious Disease, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital System, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA

3. Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital System, Richmond, Virginia 23219, USA

Abstract

Histoplasma capsulatum is a rarely reported cause of prosthetic joint infections. This current case report is of a patient from Trinidad, with a history of a right total knee replacement (TKR), who underwent a successful two-stage revision due to a Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). This case report offers a unique treatment plan to successfully treat Histoplasmosis capsulatum periprosthetic joint infections and emphasizes the importance of obtaining an accurate travel history.

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

Subject

General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science

Link

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/crior/2022/8998996.pdf

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