Necrotizing Fungal Infection Following Penile Prosthesis Implantation: A Case Report

Infection is one of the most devastating complications of penile prosthesis implantation. Although the infection prevalence have decreased owing to new technologies and growing surgical experience, it is still a troublesome situation. We present a 50-year-old male patient who had necrotizing fungal...

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Published in:Journal of urological surgery 2017-12, Vol.4 (4), p.202-204
Main Authors: Çulha, Mehmet Gökhan, Erkan, Erkan, Yücetaş, Uğur, Kadıhasanoğlu, Mustafa, Toktaş, Mahmut Gökhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Case reports
Diabetes
Fungal infections
Fungi
Gangrene
infection
necrosis
Patients
penile prosthesis
Penis
Prostheses
Substance abuse treatment
Surgeons
Tıp
Transplants & implants
Trichosporon asahii
Urological surgery
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Summary:Infection is one of the most devastating complications of penile prosthesis implantation. Although the infection prevalence have decreased owing to new technologies and growing surgical experience, it is still a troublesome situation. We present a 50-year-old male patient who had necrotizing fungal infection after penile prosthesis implantation caused by Trichosporon asahii.
ISSN:2148-9580
2148-9580
DOI:10.4274/jus.1140