As reported: "patient underwent left primary shoulder replacement on (b)(6) 2020.Patient presented to surgeon in 2023, with a history of a painful left shoulder, and a discharging sinus (left axilla).Swabs grew the bacteria c.Acnes.Plan: remove all prosthesis (1st stage) / insert an antibiotic cement spacer; return in several months, when clinical markers indicate infection resolved, and implant a new prosthetic left shoulder joint(2nd stage).Today, all prosthesis removed, discarded.Multiple specimens taken for pathology.".
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