Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention in infected shoulder arthroplasty caused by Serratia marcescens: a case report.

Clin Shoulder Elb

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, School of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.

Published: June 2022

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most devastating complications that can occur after shoulder arthroplasty. Although staged revision arthroplasty is the standard treatment in many cases, surgical intervention with debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) can be an effective option for acute PJI. We report a complex case of infected reverse shoulder arthroplasty (RSA) in a 73-year-old male. The patient had been previously treated for infected nonunion of a proximal humerus fracture caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis. He presented with a sinus tract 16 days after the implantation of RSA and was diagnosed with PJI caused by Serratia marcescens. The patient was successfully treated with DAIR and was free of infection at the last follow-up visit at 4 years postoperatively.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9185116PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.5397/cise.2021.00479DOI Listing

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