عفونت مفصل زانو مصنوعی ایجاد شده توسط گونه های استرپتوکوک α-همولیتیک: یک مورد گزارش

عنوان انگليسی

Prosthetic knee joint infection caused by α-hemolytic Streptococcus species: a case report

خلاصه انگلیسی

Background Knee arthroplasty is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which a damaged joint is replaced with an artifcial one. It is estimated that 1–2% of knee arthroplasties will encounter infection over their lifetime. Although α-hemolytic Streptococcus species play an important role in prosthetic joint infection, they are less common than staphylococcal species. Case presentation In this report, a 50-year-old Iranian woman was diagnosed with prosthetic knee joint infection based on clinical, radiological, and laboratory fndings. She was diabetic and had undergone a left total knee arthroplasty, which, 18 months after the surgery, presented pain, erythema, and edema in that knee. The primary culture of knee aspirate was positive for α-hemolytic Streptococcus species, but following antibiotic medication, culture was negative. The primary antibiotic regime was vancomycin and meropenem, which was changed to cefepime for the management of the infection based on the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Conclusions This report indicated the clinical presentation and management of the patient with prosthetic joint infection in which the patient recovered without any severe complications or surgical intervention.

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