Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence
Systemic candidiasis is usually associated with immunosuppression. Fungal arthritis due to candidal organism in an immunocompetent patient is rare. We describe one such rare occurrence in a young boy without any predisposing factors, who developed knee arthritis caused by Candida albicans.
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doaj-ffae98dfa8044daabb55898fea09dc212020-11-24T22:29:47ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Orthopaedics and Allied Sciences2319-25852014-01-0121121310.4103/2319-2585.134203Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrenceKavita MardiReetika SharmaSystemic candidiasis is usually associated with immunosuppression. Fungal arthritis due to candidal organism in an immunocompetent patient is rare. We describe one such rare occurrence in a young boy without any predisposing factors, who developed knee arthritis caused by Candida albicans.http://www.joas.in/article.asp?issn=2319-2585;year=2014;volume=2;issue=1;spage=12;epage=13;aulast=MardiCandidachildimmunocompetentseptic arthritis |
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Kavita Mardi Reetika Sharma Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence Journal of Orthopaedics and Allied Sciences Candida child immunocompetent septic arthritis |
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Kavita Mardi Reetika Sharma |
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Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence |
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Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence |
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Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence |
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Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence |
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Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence |
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candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: report of a rare occurrence |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Journal of Orthopaedics and Allied Sciences |
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2319-2585 |
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2014-01-01 |
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Systemic candidiasis is usually associated with immunosuppression. Fungal arthritis due to candidal organism in an immunocompetent patient is rare. We describe one such rare occurrence in a young boy without any predisposing factors, who developed knee arthritis caused by Candida albicans. |
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Candida child immunocompetent septic arthritis |
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