Infection et descellement d’une prothèse totale de la hanche par listeria monocytogenes

Joint prostheses are increasingly used in our current practice. Infection is one of the most dreaded complications; it is most often due to germs of the skin flora. Listeria monocytogenes rarely causes this infection. We here report the case of a patient with hip prosthesis infected by this germ. Fa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: El Marfi, Abdelhafid, Elayoubi, Abdelghani, El Idrissi, Mohamed, Shimi, Mohamed, El Ibrahimi, Abdelhalim, Elmrini, Abdelmajid, Fokiladeh, Hassan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6110569/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30167046
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.30.18.14016
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Sumario:Joint prostheses are increasingly used in our current practice. Infection is one of the most dreaded complications; it is most often due to germs of the skin flora. Listeria monocytogenes rarely causes this infection. We here report the case of a patient with hip prosthesis infected by this germ. Favorable outcome was obtained by antibiotic therapy and single-stage prosthesis replacement.

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