Clostridium welchiiInfection Due to Plaster of Paris after a Shelf Procedure of the Hip
- 16 August 1962
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 267 (7) , 348-349
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196208162670708
Abstract
CLOSTRIDIUM infection after elective surgery is an unusual and unwelcome complication. Murray and Denton1 reported a fatal case that followed arthrodesis of a knee for tuberculosis. The etiologic agent, Clostridium tetani, was isolated from the plaster of Paris. The following case was due to Cl. welchii, similarly isolated from the plaster of Paris.Case ReportP.H., a 12-year-old boy, was admitted to St. Charles Hospital on May 10, 1961. He had been treated for bilateral congenital dislocation of the hips since 5 months of age. Numerous castings and manipulations had been performed. On March 11, 1960, an abduction-rotational subtrochanteric osteotomy . . .Keywords
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