%0 Journal Article
%T Totally Implantable Venous-Access Device Infection Causing Hematogenous Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Retrospective Case Series
%A Beate Heym
%A Fernanda Medina
%A Jean-Marc Ziza
%A Simon Marmor
%A Val¨Śrie Zeller
%A Vanina Meyssonnier
%J Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
%D 2018
%R 10.7150/jbji.25887
%X Introduction: Prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) can be acquired hematogenously from a distant site or device. Notably, 30%-40% of patients with PJIs have Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. No case reports or series of PJIs acquired from totally implantable venous-access device (TIVAD) infection or colonization have been published. This study was undertaken to describe epidemiological, clinical, microbiological and radiological characteristics of such PJIs, their treatments and outcomes.
%K prosthetic joint infection
%K hematogenous dissemination
%K catheter infection.
%U http://www.jbji.net/v03p0241.htm