Listeria monocytogenes infection in a patient with pelvic sarcoma
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listeria monocytogenes, prosthesis-related infections, immunosuppression, orthopedic procedures, hemipelvectomy.Abstract
Listeria monocytogenes is a gram-positive bacillus. Infection in humans is unusual, mainly affecting immunosuppressed patients. However, there has been a notable increase in cases recently. This case is of a 75-yearold female treated with hemipelvectomy and subsequent reconstruction with a prosthesis anchored to the iliac crest; she later suffered post-surgical infection with Listeria monocytogenes. We discuss the treatment followed and post-operative evolution. The patient fully recovered, normal blood tests 40 days after discharge from hospital and asymptomatic 2 years after surgery. Although infection with Listeria monocytogenes after prosthetic surgery is an uncommon complication, it is important to bear it in mind and be prepared for treating it, both from a surgical perspective and in terms of proper management with antibiotics.
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