Case Report - Infection of Total Knee Arthroplasty Treated with One-Stage Surgery and Linezolid

Staphylococcus spp meticillin resistant infection can be treated with Linezolid. This is a case report of an orthopaedic implant infection in a 60 year-old male treated orally with Linezolid and Rifampicin for three months after one-stage arthroplasty. This is possible provided that platelet count i...

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Autores principales: Dell'Aquila, Adriana Macedo, Janovsky, Cesar, Cohen, Moises
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2017
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Short Research Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5592377/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28894692
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.19574
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description Staphylococcus spp meticillin resistant infection can be treated with Linezolid. This is a case report of an orthopaedic implant infection in a 60 year-old male treated orally with Linezolid and Rifampicin for three months after one-stage arthroplasty. This is possible provided that platelet count is closely monitored throughout the course of treatment.
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spelling pubmed-55923772017-09-11 Case Report - Infection of Total Knee Arthroplasty Treated with One-Stage Surgery and Linezolid Dell'Aquila, Adriana Macedo Janovsky, Cesar Cohen, Moises J Bone Jt Infect Short Research Communication Staphylococcus spp meticillin resistant infection can be treated with Linezolid. This is a case report of an orthopaedic implant infection in a 60 year-old male treated orally with Linezolid and Rifampicin for three months after one-stage arthroplasty. This is possible provided that platelet count is closely monitored throughout the course of treatment. Ivyspring International Publisher 2017-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC5592377/ /pubmed/28894692 http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.19574 Text en © Ivyspring International Publisher This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). See http://ivyspring.com/terms for full terms and conditions.
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