Septic arthritis due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a leukaemic patient.
A case of septic, histoplasmal monoarthritis of the knee in a leukaemic patient is described. Ketoconazole therapy failed to eliminate the infection, but after histoplasmosis was diagnosed prolonged therapy with amphotericin B was curative.
D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male
D000666:Amphotericin B