Necrotizing Fungal Infection Following Penile Prosthesis Implantation: A Case Report

Journal Title: JOURNAL OF UROLOGICAL SURGERY - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 4

Abstract

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.

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Mehmet Gökhan Çulha, Erkan Erkan, Uğur Yücetaş, Mustafa Kadıhasanoğlu, Mahmut Gökhan Toktaş

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  • EP ID EP258802
  • DOI 10.4274/jus.1140
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Mehmet Gökhan Çulha, Erkan Erkan, Uğur Yücetaş, Mustafa Kadıhasanoğlu, Mahmut Gökhan Toktaş (2017). Necrotizing Fungal Infection Following Penile Prosthesis Implantation: A Case Report. JOURNAL OF UROLOGICAL SURGERY, 4(4), 202-204. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-258802