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Cryptococcus magnus Periprosthetic Shoulder Infection: A Case Report.

Mário BaptistaNuno SevivasNuno Vieira FerreiraLuísa FardilhaPedro VarandaCarlos Mateus
Published in: JBJS case connector (2020)
To the best of our knowledge, only 2 periprosthetic infections due to Cryptococcus neoformans have been previously reported. This is the first report of cryptococcal involvement of a prosthetic shoulder, and the first identified osteoarticular infection ever by C. magnus.
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