Infection of Orthopedic Prostheses after Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia | Zendy

David Murdoch | Zendy; Stephen A. Roberts | Zendy; Vance G. Fowler | Zendy; Manish A. Shah | Zendy; Susan Taylor | Zendy; Arthur J. Morris | Zendy; G. Ralph Corey | Zendy

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Infection of Orthopedic Prostheses after Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Author(s) -

David Murdoch,

Stephen A. Roberts,

Vance G. Fowler,

Manish A. Shah,

Susan Taylor,

Arthur J. Morris,

G. Ralph Corey

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/318704

Subject(s) - medicine , orthopedic surgery , bacteremia , staphylococcus aureus , prosthesis , surgery , staphylococcal infections , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , genetics , biology

We prospectively evaluated 53 patients with prosthetic joints and 27 patients with other orthopedic prosthetic devices who developed Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). After exclusion of patients with primary postoperative infections, the risk of a prosthesis becoming infected by means of hematogenous seeding after SAB was 34% (15 of 44 patients) for prosthetic joints and 7% (1 of 15 patients) for other orthopedic prostheses.

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