Abstract

Candida parapsilosis was not considered pathogenic, until it had been reported as the cause of the fatal case of infective endocarditis in intravenous narcotic addicts in 1940. More recently this species has emerged as an important nosocomial pathogen in many clinical infections, such as fungemia, endocarditis, endophthalmitis, septic arthritis, and peritonitis. Among them C. parapsilosis arthritis is still very rare, which is mainly caused by invasive procedures such as prosthetic arthroplasty, intraarticular steroid injection and contamination of hyperalimentation solutions. We experienced a 53 year-old male patient who had chronic elbow pain and was diagnosed as the first case of C. parapsilosis arthritis in Korea. Herein we report the case with a review of the literature.

Keywords

Candida parapsilosis Arthritis

KJMM 2001 March;6(1):42-44(3). Epub 2016 February 22
Copyright © 2001 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Dong Dae Seo; Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Yang Soo Kim; Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Baek Nam Kim; Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
In Gyu Bae; Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jae Myung Kang; Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Mi Na Kim; Department of Clinical Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Jun Hee Woo; Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Ji So Ryu; Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Corresponding

Jun Hee Woo, Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine,Seoul, Korea. Tel: (02) 3010-3300, Fax: (02) 3010-6970, e-mail: junheewoo@amc.seoul.kr

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Acknowledgements

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Dong Dae Seo

Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Yang Soo Kim

Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Baek Nam Kim

Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

In Gyu Bae

Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jae Myung Kang

Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Mi Na Kim

Department of Clinical Pathology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Jun Hee Woo

Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Ji So Ryu

Division of Infectious Disease, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 22