Opportunistic infection in tne orthopedic field

Autor:	Nobuou Matsusaka, Toshiyuki Tsurumoto, Yoshirou Makino, Masaki Fujita, Yoji Maehara, Toshiharu Norimatsu, Shinichiro Hara, Goichi Yoshida, Yugirou Hamasato, Ryohei Suzuki
Rok vydání:	1986
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics medicine.drug_class business.industry Opportunistic infection medicine.medical_treatment Antibiotics Synovectomy Disease Suppurative Arthritis medicine.disease Aged patients Surgery Pituitary adenoma Orthopedic surgery medicine business
Zdroj:	Orthopedics & Traumatology. 35:473-476
ISSN:	1349-4333 0037-1033
DOI:	10.5035/nishiseisai.35.473
Popis:	Tow cases, which might have been opportunistic infection in the early post-operative state, are reported in this paper.Case 1, a 60-year-old male, developed spticemia on the 22nd day after a synovectomy for suppurative arthritis of the left knee. He had a 13 years history of steroid medication following pituitary adenoma resection.Case 2, a 60-year-old, female, developed pueumonia 4 days after T. K. R.. The bacillus involved was strongly suspected to be a Legionella pneumophila. This patient's basic disease was rheumatoid arthritis.These two cases had similarities of situation, for example their general condition before the onset of infection and antibiotic medication after the operationo; these infections took a similar course. The number of aged patients who have complications following operations for basic diseases has been increasing in the orthopaedic field. We must always, therefore, pay attention to the possibility of the opportunistic infection in the management of such cases.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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