A rare case of an immunocompetent patient developed an infection from Candida albicans in an artificial hip joint, which resisted standard treatments.
The initial treatment involved removing part of the femur and using gentamicin-coated cement beads, followed by a second procedure with a custom cement spacer coated in antifungals and antibiotics.
Six years later, the patient is healthy with a minor limp and no signs of reinfection, marking a significant finding in the effective release of antifungal medications from bone cement.
A 75-year-old man came to the clinic because of pain and weakness in his legs. He had fallen a year earlier. The pain and weakness were caused by a bilateral rupture of the tendon of the M.