Chronic Propionibacterium acnes prosthesis joint infection manifesting as a large abscess with gas, without prosthesis loosening

MeSH terms

• Abscess / drug therapy
• Abscess / microbiology*
• Aged
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
• Arthroplasty, Replacement / adverse effects*
• Chronic Disease
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Gases
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
• Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
• Humans
• Propionibacterium acnes*
• Prosthesis Failure
• Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
• Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
• Recurrence
• Shoulder Joint