Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
JBJI
Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-33-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-33-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 6, issue 2
Case report
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04 Sep 2020
Case report |  | 04 Sep 2020

Treatment of Neisseria meningitidis prosthetic joint infections with short-course antibiotics: three cases and a literature review

Sarah Browning, Harry N. Walker, Thomas Ryan, Robert Pickles, Michael Loftus, Jason A. Trubiano, Andrew Hardidge, and Joshua S. Davis

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Neisseria meningitidis is a rare cause of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) which we hypothesised could be safely managed with minimal surgical intervention and short-course antibiotics. In contrast to the existing three reported cases, all of which received a minimum of 12 weeks of antibiotics, we present three further cases of late acute haematogenous PJI due to Neisseria meningitidis, demonstrating successful treatment with 6 weeks or less of antimicrobial therapy and implant retention.
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