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Candida krusei arthritis in a patient with hematologic malignancy: successful treatment with voriconazole.

Sili U, Yilmaz M, Ferhanoglu B, Mert A

Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey.

Here, we report a case of disseminated Candida krusei infection in a patient who presented with arthritis. The infection was successfully treated with voriconazole after amphotericin B deoxycholate therapy had failed.

Published 6 September 2007 in Clin Infect Dis, 45(7): 897-8.
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