PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Lidder, Surjit
AU  - Tasleem, A
AU  - Masterson, S
AU  - Carrington, R W J
TI  - <em>Candida tropicalis</em>: diagnostic dilemmas for an unusual prosthetic hip infection
AID  - 10.1136/jramc-2013-000053
DP  - 2013 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
PG  - 123--125
VI  - 159
IP  - 2
4099  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/159/2/123.short
4100  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/159/2/123.full
SO  - J R Army Med Corps2013 Jun 01; 159
AB  - Infection is the third commonest cause of total hip arthroplasty failure. Infections of the hip with Candida species are extremely rare with only a few reports in the literature. A case of a 76-year-old female subject is presented illustrating both the difficulty in initial diagnosis and the challenges faced in hip reconstruction.