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Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci Lforms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media a case report

Volume 33 · Issue 1 · January 1999 Publish Date: April 19, 2021
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M. Mustafa Ozdemir
Hakan Selek
Kenan Bayrakci
Serdar Altinel
A. Kemal Us
Haluk Ataoglu
Mustafa Ozdemir, M., Selek, H., Bayrakci, K., Altinel, S., Kemal Us, A., & Ataoglu, H. (2021). Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci Lforms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media a case report . Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 33(1), 89–91. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/1427
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Abstract

Abstract

Postoperative infection is a serious complication of spinal surgery especially when instruments are used. Risk of infection is increased by complexity and duration the operation, tissue damage, and associated disease of the patient. The authors report a lumbar 5-sacral 1 spondylolisthesis case who had developed a surgical wound infection after posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion consequently taken antibiotics for a long period and Enterococcus L-form was isolated by using hypertonic media from the culture negative patient.

Özet

Spinal cerrahi girişimlerde, özellikle instrumentasyon uygulanan vakalarda gelişen postoperatif enfeksiyon oldukça ciddi bir komplikasyondur. Cerrahinin yapısı, süresi, dokuya verilen hasar ve hastadaki mevcut eş zamanlı problemlerin varlığı postoperatif infeksiyon riskini arttırmaktadır. Lomber 5- sakral 1 spondilolistezis nedeniyle posterior instrumentasyon ve posterior füzyon uygulanan bir hastada, postoperatif gelişen enfeksiyon uzun süren antibiyoterapi uygulanması ve rutin kültürlerde üreme elde edilememesine rağmen; hipertonik besiyeri kullanılarak, Enterokok L-formu izole edilmiş ve bir vaka olarak sunulmuştur.

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Published In
Journal Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica
Volume / Issue Volume 33 · Issue 1 · January 1999
Pages 89-91
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Published Online April 19, 2021
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M. Mustafa Ozdemir
2
Hakan Selek
3
Kenan Bayrakci
4
Serdar Altinel
5
A. Kemal Us
6
Haluk Ataoglu
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Mustafa Ozdemir, M., Selek, H., Bayrakci, K., Altinel, S., Kemal Us, A., & Ataoglu, H. (2021). Culture negative postoperative spinal infection: isolation of Enterococci Lforms from wound discharge by using hypertonic media a case report . Acta Orthopaedica Et Traumatologica Turcica, 33(1), 89–91. Retrieved from https://www.aott.org.tr/index.php/pub/article/view/1427
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