1. Streptococcus Dysgalactiae Subspecies Dysgalactiae Infection after Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report
- Author
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Young Chul Ko, Il Soo Eun, Man Jun Park, Eun Jin Kang, Chang Kyu Kim, Young June Kim, and Chul Jung
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musculoskeletal diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,biology ,business.industry ,Cement spacer ,Group C streptococcus ,Total knee arthroplasty ,Case Report ,Clinical manifestation ,Subspecies ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Cellulitis ,Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp ,Pyogenic infection ,medicine ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Dysgalactiae ,Infection ,Streptococcus dysgalactiae ,business - Abstract
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies dysgalactiae (SDSD), Lancefield group C streptococcus, is an animal pathogen which often causes pyogenic infection in domestic animals. Human infection by SDSD has been reported as a cellulitis on the upper arm, but a prosthetic joint infection caused by SDSD after total knee arthroplasty (TKA) has not yet been reported in the literature demonstrating that its clinical manifestation and management have not been well established. In this case report, we aimed to present a case of SDSD prosthetic joint infection after TKA, which was successfully treated by two-stage re-implantation with an application of antibiotic-impregnated cement spacer.
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- 2012