Infección por Mycobacterium tuberculosis en una prótesis de cadera, reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

Abstract

Infection is the most serious complication of arthroplasty. It's a rare event usually caused by Staphylococcus spp. Prosthetic tuberculosis is rarely reported. We report the case of a 41 year-old patient who underwent a hip replacement for osteoarthritis and after multiple procedures an infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis was documented. We review the literature of previously reported cases.

Total Hip Arthroplasty Loosening Due to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…This strategy was done and successful in fifteen cases [4,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. In the presence of component loosening or secondary bacterial infection, removal and staged revision is advised and achieved satisfactory outcomes in twelve cases [3][4][5][6]13,22,[24][25][26][27]. In twelve other cases, excision arthroplasty was performed [4,8,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”