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Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Coccidioides immitis septic knee arthritis
  1. Scott A Weisenberg
  1. Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Scott A Weisenberg, scott.weisenberg{at}nyumc.org

Summary

A 78-year-old man developed right knee pain and swelling without other systemic symptoms. He had travelled frequently to the Central Valley of California. He was diagnosed with coccidioidomycosis based on joint fluid culture. Coccidioidal complement fixation antibody titres were extremely elevated. Arthroscopic debridement and fluconazole therapy did not lead to satisfactory improvement. Subsequent open debridement and change to itraconazole was followed by resolution of clinical signs of infection.

  • bone and joint infections
  • drugs: infectious diseases

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2017-222585

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors SAW prepared the manuscript without assistance.

    • Funding This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.