Candidal pyarthrosis in an AIDS patient.
The unusual occurrence of a case of indolent Candida albicans pyarthrosis arising as a late complication in a 57-year-old male patient with AIDS, despite prior treatment with amphotericin B for candidemia, is reported. The case is discussed in the context of candidal pyarthrosis and of the rarely reported other fungal arthridites in AIDS patients.
Meyer
R D
RD
Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA School of Medicine 90048.
Gaut
P L
PL
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged