Treating Primary Arthroprosthesis Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus

Treating Primary Arthroprosthesis Infection Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus

Prosthetic joint infections (PJI) caused by nontuberculous mycobacteria are very rare, and results of treatment can be unpredictable. A 72-year-old female underwent hip replacement after an accidental fall in a local hospital in Santo Domingo. The postoperative period was uneventful except for a tra...

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Main Authors: Valerio Pace, Pierluigi Antinolfi, Emanuele Borroni, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Elio Cenci, Claudio Piersimoni, Angela Cardaccia, Marco Nofri, Chiara Papalini, Rosario Petruccelli, Fabrizio Marzano, Maria Bruna Pasticci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5892913

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5892913

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