CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 2  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 12-13

Candida-septic arthritis in an immunocompetent male child: Report of a rare occurrence


Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Kavita Mardi
12 A, Type V Quarters, GAD Colony, Kasumpti, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2319-2585.134203

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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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