Aspergillus infection of total knee arthroplasty

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Aspergillus infection of total knee arthroplasty presenting as a

popliteal cyst. Case report and review of the literature.

Austin KS, Testa NN, Luntz RK, Greene JB, Smiles S.

New York University School of Medicine, New York.

Fungal infections have only rarely been reported to occur in

patients having undergone total knee arthroplasty. This case report

documents the first known case of Aspergillus fumigatus as the

offending organism. Its initial presentation as a popliteal cyst

further reinforces the known association of popliteal cysts and

intra-articular knee pathology.

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PMID: 1402949 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]