Mycobacterium abscessus Prosthetic Joint Infections of the Knee.

ABSTRACT: M. abscessus complex prosthetic joint infections (PJI) of the knee are rare. We present a patient with an M. abscessus subsp. massiliense, a nontuberculous mycobacterium (NTM), peri-prosthetic knee infection who presented with wound drainage followed by sepsis. The published peer-reviewed literature on knee PJIs due to this organism is reviewed to highlight its clinical presentation,symptomatology, microbiology, surgical interventions, antimicrobial regimens, and outcomes.

SUBMITTER: Nengue L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6831809 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature