| Autor: |
M. Wouthuyzen-Bakker, J. Lora-Tamayo, E. Senneville, M. Scarbourough, T. Ferry, I. Uçkay, M. J. Salles, K. O'Connell, J. A. Iribarren, D. Vigante, R. Trebse, C. Arvieux, A. Soriano, J. Ariza |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection, Vol 3, Pp 222-225 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2206-3552 |
| DOI: |
10.7150/jbji.25519 |
| Popis: |
We describe a case of a 60-year old male who developed an acute prosthetic joint infection (PJI) of the knee, secondary to erysipelas of the lower leg due to beta-hemolytic Group G streptococci. As it is unknown how often this phenomenon occurs in patients with prosthetic implants and which patients are most prone to develop this complication, we analyzed: i) the incidence of the development of a PJI in these patients and ii) the clinical characteristics of streptococcal PJI during an episode of erysipelas/cellulitis. Based on a retrospective analysis of patients with a prosthetic implant in situ presenting at the emergency department with erysipelas/cellulitis, 1 out of 10 patients developed a PJI. An additional analysis within a multicenter cohort on streptococcal PJI demonstrated in 22 patients that a secondary PJI due to erysipelas/cellulitis mostly develops in young implants ( |
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