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Anyone had a Candida lusitaniae fungal infection in hip replacement?

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jan 20, 2022 | Replies (6)
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@colleenyoung

Hi @bigrob, this must be very frightening. You said that you've seen 9 doctors. Were they infectious disease specialists at a major medical center? Is the infection still not under control? Are you still taking an anti-fungal?

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bigrob | @bigrob | Sep 19, 2020

Iam at Baylor in Dallas and I have a cancer turn or ortho specialist 2 of the dr were infectious disease ,the cultures don’t grow anything now they took copious amount of fluid off the hip when they opened me however with it spreading so far thru my muscles it feels my hip and illiacpsoas have filled up again from Iam guessing it pooling back down also this infection seeds or something so I dunno

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