Streptococcus gallolyticus prosthetic joint infection associated with undiagnosed colonic malignancy.
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
; 20(6): 1069-70, 2012 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED Streptococcus gallolyticus is a group D streptococcus which was previously classified as part of the S. bovis/S. equinus complex. It is a rare pathogen in prosthetic joint infection but has been demonstrated to have a strong association with colorectal carcinoma. In this case, a patient with no symptomatology suggestive of colorectal carcinoma presented with a S. gallolyticus prosthetic joint infection. Awareness of the association prompted investigation and subsequent diagnosis of colorectal carcinoma which was successfully treated prior to two-stage revision knee replacement. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Adenocarcinoma
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Infecciones Relacionadas con Prótesis
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Infecciones por Bacterias Grampositivas
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Enterococcus faecalis
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Neoplasias del Colon
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Prótesis de la Rodilla
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA ESPORTIVA
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TRAUMATOLOGIA
Año:
2012
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido