The report of tumor resection prosthesis infection due to Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A case report
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Case report
P: 57-60
2016

The report of tumor resection prosthesis infection due to Sphingomonas paucimobilis: A case report

Acta Haematol Oncol Turc 2016;49(1):57-60
1. Department Of Orthopaedics And Traumatology, Oncology Training And Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
2. Afyonkarahisar Suhut Public Hospital Medicine Department Of Orthopedics And Traumatology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
3. Department Of Clinical Microbiology And Infectious Diseases, Afyonkarahisar State Public Hospital Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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Received Date: 2015-09-27T23:37:25
Accepted Date: 2016-03-01T17:52:27
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Abstract

Sphingomonas paucimobilis is an opportunistic infectious agent that generally shows its pathogenicity by accompanying an underlying comorbid disease. It is recognized that Sphingomonas paucimobilisis associated with many infections, including: bacteremia, ventilator related pneumonia, intravascular related catheter infections, meningitis, peritonitis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, postoperative endophthalmitis, pleural empyema, splenic abscess, urinary tract infections and biliary tract infections. The present report described a prosthetic joint infection, caused by Sphingomonas paucimobilis, in a patient who had endoprosthetic tumor reconstruction due to osteosarcoma. It chronicles the prosthetic joint infection with endoprosthetic tumor reconstruction in the literature caused by S. paucimobilis.

Keywords:
Sphingomonas paucimobilis
Endoprosthetic infection
Osteosarcoma.