Peptoniphilus olsenii in a polymicrobial surgical site infection following open reduction and internal fixation of a calcaneal fracture: Case report
Georgi P Georgiev, Svetoslav A Slavchev, Iva N Dimitrova, Ivelina Zhivkova, Rumyana Hristova, Ivan N Ivanov · 2026
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Georgi P Georgiev and colleagues report in 2026 a rare mixed infection after heel bone fracture surgery in a 59-year-old man. Heel fracture repair carries a high wound infection rate, and this surgical site infection included the oxygen-shunning germ Peptoniphilus olsenii among several microbes.
Care came in stages, with strong surgical cleaning of dead tissue, filling the bone cavity with bioactive glass, a silver dressing, vacuum-assisted closure, skin grafting, and targeted antibiotics. The team also lays out their treatment plan in light of published data. The case shows how layered steps can close a deep, hard-to-treat bone infection.
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| CREATOR | Georgi P Georgiev, Svetoslav A Slavchev, Iva N Dimitrova, Ivelina Zhivkova, Rumyana Hristova, Ivan N Ivanov |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20282 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |