Corynebacterium striatum Prosthetic Joint Infection Successfully Treated with Long-Term Dalbavancin.

ABSTRACT: Arthroplasty surgery is a common procedure that significantly improves quality of life. The most feared complication is prosthetic joint infection (PJI), which occurs more often following revision surgery. Staphylococci are the most prevalent bacteria in PJIs, although many other pathogens have been reported. We describe a case of PJI in a 75-year-old farmer following revision surgery caused by Corynebacterium striatum, an unusual agent which normally occurs in the normal human skin microbiota with perceived low pathogenicity. Following a cemented right-sided total hip arthroplasty in 2006, a one-stage revision due to an osteolytic process in the right femur took place in 2020 with negative intraoperative tissue cultures. Three weeks later, the patient presented a fulminant infectio

SUBMITTER: Soderquist B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10051730 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature