Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection

Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection

<p class="p p-first-last" id="__p2"><em>Neisseria gonorrhoea</em> is a common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Disseminated gonococcal infection is an infrequent presentation and rarely can be associated with septic arthritis. Incidence of this infectio...

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Main Authors: I. Gassiep, B. Gilpin, J. Douglas, D. Siebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-08-01
Series:Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Online Access:https://jbji.copernicus.org/articles/2/160/2017/jbji-2-160-2017.pdf
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spelling doaj-7374e188c1ab40249c15a8ddff0869a42021-03-03T14:49:25ZengCopernicus PublicationsJournal of Bone and Joint Infection2206-35522017-08-01216016210.7150/jbji.20791Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint InfectionI. Gassiep0I. Gassiep1B. Gilpin2B. Gilpin3J. Douglas4D. Siebert5D. Siebert6Department of Infectious Diseases, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland Health, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia;School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland Health, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia.Department of Infectious Diseases, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland Health, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia;Department of Infectious Diseases, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland Health, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia;School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;<p class="p p-first-last" id="__p2"><em>Neisseria gonorrhoea</em> is a common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Disseminated gonococcal infection is an infrequent presentation and rarely can be associated with septic arthritis. Incidence of this infection is rising, both internationally and in older age groups. We present the first documented case of <em>N. gonorrhoea</em> prosthetic joint infection which was successfully treated with laparoscopic debridement and antimicrobial therapy.</p>https://jbji.copernicus.org/articles/2/160/2017/jbji-2-160-2017.pdf
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author I. Gassiep
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J. Douglas
D. Siebert
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I. Gassiep
B. Gilpin
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J. Douglas
D. Siebert
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Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
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title Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection
title_short Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection
title_full Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection
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title_full_unstemmed Gonococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection
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series Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
issn 2206-3552
publishDate 2017-08-01
description <p class="p p-first-last" id="__p2"><em>Neisseria gonorrhoea</em> is a common sexually transmitted infection worldwide. Disseminated gonococcal infection is an infrequent presentation and rarely can be associated with septic arthritis. Incidence of this infection is rising, both internationally and in older age groups. We present the first documented case of <em>N. gonorrhoea</em> prosthetic joint infection which was successfully treated with laparoscopic debridement and antimicrobial therapy.</p>
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