title: Candida arthritis in an immunocompetent patient without predisposing factors.
abstract: Candida arthritis is infrequent in patients who are not intravenous drug users. We describe a patient who was not an intravenous drug user and without other predisposing factors who developed knee arthritis caused by Candida albicans. We believe that this is the first report of such a case.
authors.affiliation: Rheumatology Section, Hospital Regional Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Calvo Romero
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Alvarez Vega
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Salazar Vallinas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ortega Alberdi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D015725:Fluconazole