RESUMO
La artritis séptica tras una artroscopia de rodilla es muy poco frecuente. Se estima una tasa de infección postoperatoria en torno al 0,15-0,84%1, según las series. El procedimiento artroscópico más frecuentemente asociado a infección es la reconstrucción del ligamento cruzado anterior (LCA), cuya frecuencia está en torno al 0,3-1,7%2. El microorganismo más frecuentemente aislado es el estafilococo coagulasa negativo. Describimos un caso de artritis séptica de rodilla tras reconstrucción de ligamento cruzado anterior en la que se aisló el microorganismo Granulicatella adiacens en el cultivo del líquido sinovial. No encontramos ningún caso descrito en la literatura de infección tras artroscopia de rodilla, por dicho microorganismo; tratándose probablemente del primer caso publicado
Septic arthritis after knee arthroscopy is an extremely rare condition. A rate of 0.15-0.84% cases of postoperative infection is estimated in several series. The arthroscopy procedure most frequently related with an infectious complication is anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, with a prevalence of 0.3-1.7% cases. Staphylococcus sp. is the pathogen most commonly cultured. We describe a case of septic arthritis after ACL reconstruction. We found no published case of septic arthritis caused by this microorganism after knee arthroscopy. It is probably the first case published in the literature
Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Adulto , Artrite Infecciosa/microbiologia , Lesões do Ligamento Cruzado Anterior/cirurgia , Infecção da Ferida Cirúrgica/complicações , Artroscopia/efeitos adversos , Abiotrophia/isolamento & purificação , Infecções por Bactérias Gram-Positivas/complicações , Artrocentese/métodos , Espectrometria de Massas/métodosRESUMO
Septic arthritis after knee arthroscopy is an extremely rare condition. A rate of 0.15-0.84% cases of postoperative infection is estimated in several series. The arthroscopy procedure most frequently related with an infectious complication is anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, with a prevalence of 0.3-1.7% cases. Staphylococcus sp. is the pathogen most commonly cultured. We describe a case of septic arthritis after ACL reconstruction. We found no published case of septic arthritis caused by this microorganism after knee arthroscopy. It is probably the first case published in the literature.