Antimicrobial treatment of Brucella-infected prosthetic knee with sinus tract: A case report
For patients definitively diagnosed with Brucella periprosthetic joint infection and radiographically stable implants, conservative management with antimicrobial therapy alone should be considered as a viable initial treatment option, irrespective of the presence of a sinus tract. Knee prosthesis removal and spacer implantation may be deferred in such cases.
Authors
- Sun Sw
- Hu Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2492-4411)
- L Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8195-9728)
- Xiuyuan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7996-6929)
- Lei Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3416-2254)
- Rui Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9740-7338)
- Hongyin Fu
Institutions
- Shenyang Anorectal Hospital (CN)
- Lanzhou University Second Hospital (CN)
- Shenzhen Bao'an District People's Hospital (CN)
- Lanzhou University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000046946
- Primary Topic
- Brucella: diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00