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- The text discusses a rare case of a human pathogen that typically causes skin and soft tissue infections but can also lead to bone infections, particularly after open fractures in water environments.
- It details an 18-year-old patient who developed a hematogenous infection after surgeries for spinal fractures linked to an aquatic accident.
- The patient underwent surgical cleaning and a tailored three-week antibiotic treatment, and after six months, showed no signs of a recurring infection, suggesting the infection likely spread through the bloodstream.
Article Abstract
is an emerging human pathogen. It mostly causes skin and soft tissue infections. Osteosynthesis-associated infection involving are rare and in most cases are secondary to direct contamination following open fractures in aquatic environments. Here, we present a rare case of hematogenous osteosynthesis-associated infection involving affecting an 18-year-old patient who was operated on for 12 thoracic vertebrae and 4th lumbar vertebrae fractures occurring in an aquatic environment. We performed surgical debridement with subsequent double course parenteral antibiotherapy that was then adapted to bacteria sensitivities for three weeks. After a follow-up of six months, the patient had no signs of recurrent infection. The presence of infected dermabrasions and the concordance between germs isolated in operative samples and in blood cultures presumes that the contamination was hematogenous.
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