Infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Clostridium bifermentans
| Autor: | Lisa F Barrett, Sailaja Devi Saragadam, Alejandro Delgado-Daza, Christina N DiMaria |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Case Report 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Endocarditis 030212 general & internal medicine Clostridium bifermentans Brain abscess Debridement biology business.industry Osteomyelitis omcrep/1200 bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Empyema Surgery Infectious Diseases Bacteremia Parasitology Septic arthritis AcademicSubjects/MED00010 business |
| Zdroj: | Oxford Medical Case Reports |
| ISSN: | 2053-8855 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/omcr/omaa057 |
| Popis: | We present the first reported case of prosthetic joint infection caused by Clostridium bifermentans, which was treated with total joint washout and debridement allowing for the patient to retain his prosthesis and achieve full recovery. Clostridium bifermentans is a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium. This organism was once considered to be non-pathogenic, but has recently been associated with cases of septic arthritis, empyema, osteomyelitis, soft tissue infection, brain abscess, bacteremia and endocarditis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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