Knee Infection Caused by Candida Albicans Following a Knee Arthroscopy - A Case Report

Introduction: musculoskeletal infection by Candida albicans is a rare condition, even more following a knee arthroscopy as the present case report. Case presentation: we present a non-immunosuppressed patient with a bad post-operative knee arthroscopy who developed infection by Candida albicans. Candida infections are rare in the musculoskeletal system, except for immunosuppressed patients. After presenting with high fever and tension-effusion on his knee, cultures were found with Candida albicans. Specific antifungal treatment (according to the antifungiogram) was performed with poor clinical outcome and given the patient's poor condition several surgical debridement was required besides further antifungal treatment. Final treatment for its resolution was combining an antifungal treatment and a knee arthrodesis. Conclusion: infection by Candida albicans is a highly dangerous condition for the joint's viability that must be closely monitored.