Treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum Infection of Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report

Abstract

Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing bacterium that can cause infection at different sites in humans. Prosthetic infection caused by this bacterium has historically been a challenge, with reimplantation being unsuccessful in all but one case. M. fortuitum is resistant to almost all conventional antituberculous medications. There is no standardised treatment due to its rarity of occurrence. Here, we report a case of successful reimplantation with initial debridement surgery and 6 weeks of antibiotics.

Keywords

• infection
• Mycobacteriurm fortuitum
• total knee arthroplasty