Infection and detachment of total hip prosthesis due to listeria monocytogenes

Joint prostheses are increasingly used in our current practice. Infection is one of the most dreaded complications; it is most often due to germs of the skin flora. Listeria monocytogenes rarely causes this infection. We here report the case of a patient with hip prosthesis infected by this germ. Fa...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2018, Vol.30, p.18-18
Main Authors: El Marfi, Abdelhafid, Elayoubi, Abdelghani, El Idrissi, Mohamed, Shimi, Mohamed, El Ibrahimi, Abdelhalim, Elmrini, Abdelmajid, Fokiladeh, Hassan
Format: Article
Language:eng ; fre
Subjects:
Aged, 80 and over
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Hip Prosthesis - microbiology
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes - isolation & purification
Listeriosis - complications
Listeriosis - diagnosis
Listeriosis - drug therapy
Male
Prosthesis Failure
Prosthesis-Related Infections - complications
Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections - drug therapy
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Summary:Joint prostheses are increasingly used in our current practice. Infection is one of the most dreaded complications; it is most often due to germs of the skin flora. Listeria monocytogenes rarely causes this infection. We here report the case of a patient with hip prosthesis infected by this germ. Favorable outcome was obtained by antibiotic therapy and single-stage prosthesis replacement.
ISSN:1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2018.30.18.14016