title: Arthrographis kalrae arthritis: a new case report.
abstract: To date, only 11 cases of infection by Arthrographis kalrae have been described. According to the literature, we report a second case of arthritis caused by this mycete after a penetrating wound successfully treated with voriconazole before arthroscopic knee washout for six weeks.
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1st Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Microbiology and Virology, Maggiore della Caritá University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Pier Paolo
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Sainaghi
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1st Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Microbiology and Virology, Maggiore della Caritá University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossati
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1st Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Microbiology and Virology, Maggiore della Caritá University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Camillo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buccheri
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1st Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Microbiology and Virology, Maggiore della Caritá University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bargiacchi
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1st Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Microbiology and Virology, Maggiore della Caritá University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Pietro Luigi
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Garavelli
authors.affiliation: Departments of 1st Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Microbiology and Virology, Maggiore della Caritá University Hospital, Novara, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andreoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001182:Arthroscopy; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D065819:Voriconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D065819:Voriconazole