Group C streptococcal infection in a prosthetic joint

Authors
Kleshinski, J Georgiadis, GM Duggan, JM
Citation
J. Kleshinski et al., Group C streptococcal infection in a prosthetic joint, SOUTH MED J, 93(12), 2000, pp. 1217-1220
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine
Journal title
SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
00384348 → ACNP
Volume
93
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1217 - 1220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(200012)93:12<1217:GCSIIA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We present possibly the first reported case of prosthetic joint infection d ue to group C Streptococcus in a 53-year-old man. The patient was heated wi th surgical debridement along with extended intravenous antibiotics and lon g-term oral penicillin therapy. He was able to retain the prosthesis and at 4-year follow-up had no symptoms or evidence of recurrent clinical infecti on.