Infection of orthopedic prostheses after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

Authors
Murdoch, DR Roberts, SA Fowler, VG Shah, MA Taylor, SL Morris, AJ Corey, GR
Citation
Dr. Murdoch et al., Infection of orthopedic prostheses after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia, CLIN INF D, 32(4), 2001, pp. 647-649
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease",Immunology
Journal title
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10584838 → ACNP
Volume
32
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
647 - 649
Database
ISI
SICI code
1058-4838(20010215)32:4<647:IOOPAS>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We prospectively evaluated 53 patients with prosthetic joints and 27 patien ts with other orthopedic prosthetic devices who developed Staphylococcus au reus bacteremia (SAB). After exclusion of patients with primary postoperati ve infections, the risk of a prosthesis becoming infected by means of hemat ogenous seeding after SAB was 34% (15 of 44 patients) for prosthetic joints and 7% (1 of 15 patients) for other orthopedic prostheses.