title: Malassezia species infection of the synovium after total knee arthroplasty surgery.
abstract: Infection is a serious complication after implantation of total knee-prostheses. However, fungal infection is rarely found in periprosthetic joints, and in most reports, the infecting organism is aCandidaspecies. This is a case report of infection after left knee total arthroplasty caused byMalasseziaspecies. The patient is still undergoing antifungal therapy with voriconazole and is still being followed-up. To the authors' knowledge, the present case is the first report ofMalasseziaspecies in a patient after total knee arthroplasty.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamed Ebrahimzadeh
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Leylabadlo
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Elham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zeinalzadeh
authors.affiliation: Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Najibeh Asl Rahnemaii
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Akbari
authors.affiliation: Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein Samadi
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kafil
keywords: Malassezia; arthroplasty; infection; knee