Successful Treatment of a Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus | Zendy

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Successful Treatment of a Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus

Author(s) -

Andrew Petrosoniak,

Paul J. Kim,

Marc Desjardins,

B. Craig Lee

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2009/968052

Subject(s) - mycobacterium abscessus , clarithromycin , cefoxitin , amikacin , medicine , joint arthroplasty , surgery , arthroplasty , mycobacterium , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pathology , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , tuberculosis , genetics , helicobacter pylori

Prosthetic joint infection due to Mycobacterium abscessus is uncommon and optimal therapy remains poorly defined. Following a two-stage revision, clinical and microbiological cure was achieved in a patient with a M abscessus-infected total hip arthroplasty. A prolonged course of directed antibacterial therapy comprising clarithromycin and cefoxitin coupled with the application of amikacin-impregnated cement likely contributed to the successful outcome.

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