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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 99-B, Issue SUPP_22 | Pages 75 - 75
1 Dec 2017
CORYNEBACTERIUM BONE AND JOINT INFECTION: A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY IN A REFERENCE CENTRE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF BONE AND JOINT INFECTION
Chauvelot P Ferry T Triffault-Fillit C Braun E Perpoint T Laurent F Michel-Henry F Lustig S Chidiac C Valour F
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Aim

Corynebacterium is a rare etiologic agent of BJI. We aimed to describe this rare clinical condition and to assess treatment failure determinants.

Method

All adult patients with proven Corynebacterium BJI (i.e. consistent clinical/radiological signs, AND ≥2 reliable positive bacteriological samples, AND treated as such) were included in a retrospective cohort study. After cohort description, determinants of treatment failure (i.e, infection persistence, relapse, requirement of additional surgical procedure, and BJI-related death) were determined using stepwise logistic regression and Kaplan Meier curve analysis.