Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease
Primary meningococcal meningitis is an infrequent but known disease. However, the infection of a prosthetic joint with Neisseria meningitidis is rare. We hereby describe the second case of an arthroplasty infected with Neisseria meningitidis that responded favourably to prosthesis retention with sur...
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| author | Berta Becerril Carral Elvira Alarcón Manoja Salvador López Cárdenas Jesús Canueto Quintero |
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| description | Primary meningococcal meningitis is an infrequent but known disease. However, the infection of a prosthetic joint with Neisseria meningitidis is rare. We hereby describe the second case of an arthroplasty infected with Neisseria meningitidis that responded favourably to prosthesis retention with surgical debridement, in combination with antibiotics treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-49a5e230d9ca4975b6687f889be545e92025-02-03T01:33:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Infectious Diseases2090-66252090-66332017-01-01201710.1155/2017/45457214545721Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual DiseaseBerta Becerril Carral0Elvira Alarcón Manoja1Salvador López Cárdenas2Jesús Canueto Quintero3Unidad Clínica de Gestión de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología del Área Sanitaria del Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz, SpainUnidad Clínica de Gestión de Medicina Interna del Área Sanitaria del Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz, SpainUnidad Clínica de Gestión de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología del Área Sanitaria del Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz, SpainUnidad Clínica de Gestión de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología del Área Sanitaria del Campo de Gibraltar, Cádiz, SpainPrimary meningococcal meningitis is an infrequent but known disease. However, the infection of a prosthetic joint with Neisseria meningitidis is rare. We hereby describe the second case of an arthroplasty infected with Neisseria meningitidis that responded favourably to prosthesis retention with surgical debridement, in combination with antibiotics treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4545721 |
| spellingShingle | Berta Becerril Carral Elvira Alarcón Manoja Salvador López Cárdenas Jesús Canueto Quintero Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
| title | Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease |
| title_full | Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease |
| title_fullStr | Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease |
| title_short | Neisseria meningitidis Infecting a Prosthetic Knee Joint: A New Case of an Unusual Disease |
| title_sort | neisseria meningitidis infecting a prosthetic knee joint a new case of an unusual disease |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4545721 |
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