CANDIDA ARTHRITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT WITHOUT PREDISPOSING FACTORS

Authors
ROMERO JMC VEGA JLA VALLINAS JMS ALBERDI RO
Citation
Jmc. Romero et al., CANDIDA ARTHRITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT WITHOUT PREDISPOSING FACTORS, Clinical rheumatology, 17(5), 1998, pp. 393-394
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Rheumatology
Journal title
Clinical rheumatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07703198
Volume
17
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
393 - 394
Database
ISI
SICI code
0770-3198(1998)17:5<393:CAIAIP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Candida arthritis is infrequent in patients who are not intravenous dr ug users. We describe a patient who was not an intravenous drug user a nd without other predisposing factors who developed knee arthritis cau sed by Candida albicans. We believe that this is the first report of s uch a case.