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Candida glabrata: an unusual fungal infection following a total hip replacement
Rebecca Louise Hall1, Rebecca Meghan Frost, Nijil Lal Vasukutty
1University of Leicester Medical School, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK. rlh23@le.ac.uk
Abstract:
A 60-year-old woman, after a femoral neck fracture and joint replacement, underwent a Girdlestone's procedure and received aggressive antimicrobial therapy in order to completely eradicate the fungal infection Candida glabrata. In the majority of such cases, a revised hip arthroplasty would be considered following debridement. However, due to the recurrence of this infection and a key associated risk factor, radical removal with concurrent drug therapy was the only option.
