AN UNUSUAL CASE OF HIP SEPTIC ARTHRITIS DUE TO BACTEROIDES-FRAGILIS IN AN ALCOHOLIC PATIENT

Authors
MERLEMELET M MAINARD D REGENT D DOPFF C TAMISIER JN ROSS P DELAGOUTTE JP GERARD A
Citation
M. Merlemelet et al., AN UNUSUAL CASE OF HIP SEPTIC ARTHRITIS DUE TO BACTEROIDES-FRAGILIS IN AN ALCOHOLIC PATIENT, Infection, 22(5), 1994, pp. 353-355
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008126
Volume
22
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
353 - 355
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(1994)22:5<353:AUCOHS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We describe a 53-year-old alcoholic man who presented with hip septic arthritis due to Bacteroides fragilis. This arthritis involved a sever e destruction of the femoral head, which was completely devitalized. R ecovery was achieved after 4 months of antimicrobial therapy with imip enem/cilastatin plus metronidazole, surgical debridement of the necrot ic tissues and four sessions of hyperbaric oxygen.