Mucoraceae infections of antibiotic-loaded cement spacers in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by knee arthroplasty.
Two clinical cases of mycotic infections secondary to knee spacers medicated with antibiotics against bacterial infections are presented. Care must be taken between the first and second stage (when the spacer is in place), and attention must be paid to the management of the surgical wound to avoid secondary contamination.
Ceffa
Remo
R
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Novara Hospital, Novara, Italy. remoceffa@tin.it
Andreoni
Stefano
S
Borrè
Silvio
S
Ghisellini
Franco
F
Fornara
Paolo
P
Brugo
Giovanni
G
Ritter
Merrill A
MA
D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D001843:Bone Cements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D011859:Radiography
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001843:Bone Cements