title: Candida tropicalis: diagnostic dilemmas for an unusual prosthetic hip infection.
abstract: Infection is the third commonest cause of total hip arthroplasty failure. Infections of the hip with Candida species are extremely rare with only a few reports in the literature. A case of a 76-year-old female subject is presented illustrating both the difficulty in initial diagnosis and the challenges faced in hip reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Eastbourne DGH, East Sussex, UK. surjitlidder@me.com
authors.forename: Surjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lidder
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tasleem
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masterson
authors.forename: R W J
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Carrington
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D041022:Candida tropicalis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002177:Candidiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B
keywords: Infectious Diseases; Tropical Medicine