Infection of the hip joint by Serratia marcescens
| Autor: | Hilal Fareed, Aude Pérusseau-Lambert, Joe Jan Gouda |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male medicine.medical_specialty Case Report Serratia Infections 03 medical and health sciences Femoral head Fractures Bone 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Humans Femur Urothelium Urinary catheter Pelvis Serratia marcescens Aged biology business.industry Femur Head General Medicine biology.organism_classification Rheumatology Surgery 030104 developmental biology medicine.anatomical_structure Orthopedic surgery Hip Joint business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| Popis: | A 72-year-old male patient presented to the hospital because of sudden inability to bear weight and without a history of trauma. A fracture of the head of the femur was identified on CT scan of the pelvis. In his history, the patient had a hospital admission 3 months earlier, during which he had a urinary catheter, and a urine specimen was analysed. The same pathogen was found in the patient urine and in the head of the femur specimen. This is a report of blood-borne spread of Serratia marcescens infection from the urothelium to the hip joint, responsible for spontaneous fracture of the femoral head without history of trauma. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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