Case Report - Infection of Total Knee Arthroplasty Treated with One-Stage Surgery and Linezolid

Dell'Aquila, Adriana Macedo; Janovsky, Cesar; Cohen, Moises

doi:https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.19574

Articles | Volume 2, issue 3

J. Bone Joint Infect., 2, 163–166, 2017

https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.19574

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

J. Bone Joint Infect., 2, 163–166, 2017

https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.19574

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 3

Brief report 31 Aug 2017

Brief report | 31 Aug 2017

Case Report - Infection of Total Knee Arthroplasty Treated with One-Stage Surgery and Linezolid

Adriana Macedo Dell'Aquila¹, Cesar Janovsky², and Moises Cohen³ Adriana Macedo Dell'Aquila et al.

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¹Department of Medicine/ Infectious Diseases Physician and Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology - Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil;
²Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology/ Orthopedist - Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil;
³Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology/ Professor of Orthopedics - Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Received: 08 Feb 2017 – Accepted: 11 Aug 2017 – Published: 31 Aug 2017

Keywords: Arthroplasty, Infection, Linezolid.

Abstract. Staphylococcus spp meticillin resistant infection can be treated with Linezolid. This is a case report of an orthopaedic implant infection in a 60 year-old male treated orally with Linezolid and Rifampicin for three months after one-stage arthroplasty. This is possible provided that platelet count is closely monitored throughout the course of treatment.