Infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Clostridium bifermentans

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-f...

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Autores principales: Barrett, Lisa F, Saragadam, Sailaja Devi, DiMaria, Christina N, Delgado-Daza, Alejandro
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Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7416826/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32793361
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa057
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-74168262020-08-12 Infection of a prosthetic knee joint with Clostridium bifermentans Barrett, Lisa F Saragadam, Sailaja Devi DiMaria, Christina N Delgado-Daza, Alejandro Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report 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. Oxford University Press 2020-08-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7416826/ /pubmed/32793361 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omaa057 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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