Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 infection of a prosthetic knee joint related to recurrent hemarthrosis.
Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated in joint fluid containing blood extracted from the knee of an 80-y-old woman with a 10-y history of total knee arthroplasty. Recurrent hemarthrosis had previously occurred in this knee. It appeared that the effusion of blood led to the deposition of iron on the joint, which may have contributed to the development of infection.
Iglesias
Luis
L
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain.
García-Arenzana
José M
JM
Valiente
Adoración
A
Gomariz
María
M
Pérez-Trallero
Emilio
E
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D005260:Female; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones