Mycobacterium abscessus Prosthetic Joint Infections of the Knee

Lydie Nengue; Mark Anthony A Diaz; Courtney E Sherman; Arveen Bhasin; Claudia R Libertin

doi:10.7150/jbji.36286

Mycobacterium abscessus Prosthetic Joint Infections of the Knee

J Bone Jt Infect. 2019 Sep 25;4(5):223-226. doi: 10.7150/jbji.36286. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Lydie Nengue¹, Mark Anthony A Diaz¹, Courtney E Sherman², Arveen Bhasin³, Claudia R Libertin¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
² Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
³ Division of Allergy, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

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.

Keywords: Knee Arthroplasty; Mycobacterium abscessus; Non-tuberculous mycobacterium.; Prosthetic Joint Infections; Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria.

Publication types

Case Reports