Chronic Infections on Articular Prostheses With C. Acnes Diagnosed by Specific PCR

Civil Hospices of Lyon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Bone and Joint Infection

Treatments: Other: Prosthetic joint infection with Cutibacterium acnes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03850548

18-031

Details and patient eligibility

About

Osteaoarticular infection due to C. acnes are known to be of late onset, causing chronic infection possibly pauci-symptomatic. Osteaoarticular infection due to C. acnes represents a diagnostic challenge, since C. acnes is slow and difficult to grow, and can also be considered a contaminant.A 16S universal PCR bacteriological diagnosis has been proposed but is lacking of sensitivity. A specific C. acnes PCR was developed in 2010, but is not used routinely.

Enrollment: 6 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients having had infection prothesis vith C. acnes identified by PCR

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

6 participants in 1 patient group

Prosthetic joint infection with Cutibacterium acnes

Description:

Chronic infections on articular prostheses with Cutibacterium acnes diagnosed by specific PCR

Treatment:

Other: Prosthetic joint infection with Cutibacterium acnes