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. 1985 Feb;44(2):128–129. doi: 10.1136/ard.44.2.128

Septic arthritis due to Histoplasma capsulatum in a leukaemic patient.

P G Jones, K Rolston, R L Hopfer
PMCID: PMC1001587  PMID: 3856420

Abstract

A case of septic, histoplasmal monoarthritis of the knee in a leukaemic patient is described. Ketoconazole therapy failed to eliminate the infection, but after histoplasmosis was diagnosed prolonged therapy with amphotericin B was curative.

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