The increasing number of immunocompromised patients led to a marked ga
in in the number of candida infections in the last years. While candid
a arthritis is particularly known after major joint surgery or metasta
tic in severely immuno-compromised patients, a healthy young man is pr
esented in this paper, with a candida gonarthritis after a minor, intr
aarticularly penetrating stab wound. The furnish evidence of the diagn
osis, the repeated proof of candida in the synovial fluid is mandatory
owing to the lack of other specific tests. The successful treatment c
onsisted in the repeated arthroscopic debridement and irrigation in co
mbination with an intravenous fungostatic therapy with Amphotericin-B/
5-Flucytosin, followed by a one year Fluconazol prophylaxis.