Septic arthritis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint

Laurent Hocqueloux; Didier Marc Poisson; Simon Sunder; Sébastien Guilbert; Thierry Prazuck

doi:10.1128/JCM.01683-09

Septic arthritis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint

J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jan;48(1):333-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01683-09. Epub 2009 Nov 18.

Authors

Laurent Hocqueloux¹, Didier Marc Poisson, Simon Sunder, Sébastien Guilbert, Thierry Prazuck

Affiliation

¹ Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, La Source Hospital, Orléans, France. [email protected]

Abstract

We describe the third case of prosthetic infection due to Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. The patient, a 68-year-old woman, had had total knee arthroplasty 12 months before diagnosis. She had been in contact with swine at home. We review the seven previous reports of septic arthritis due to E. rhusiopathiae.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

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Animals
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis*
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
Erysipelothrix / isolation & purification*
Erysipelothrix Infections / diagnosis*
Erysipelothrix Infections / microbiology
Female
Humans
Knee Joint / microbiology*
Knee Joint / pathology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Swine