[Acute Candida arthritis. Isolation of Candida krusei in a heroin addict].
Candida arthritis in men is very rare. In most cases Candida albicans is isolated from joints (commonly the knee) of immature infants or of immunodeficient subjects without underlying joint disease; Candida non albicans is isolated from joints of immunodeficient patients with underlying joint disease. A case of Candida arthritis in a heroin addict is described. This is the second report of Candida arthritis in a heroin addict, but it is the first in which Candida krusei has been isolated.
D000328:Adult; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013247:Sternoclavicular Joint / Q000473:pathology
Artrite acuta da Candida. Isolamento di Candida krusei in un eroinomane.