Late prosthetic hip joint infection with Actinomyces israelii in an intravenous drug user: case report and literature review.
Late infections with Actinomyces israelii have been described for prosthetic hip joints but not in association with intravenous drug use. We present a case of a 43-year-old intravenous drug user who developed A. israelii infection in connection with a hip prosthesis 11 years after implantation, and we review four previously reported cases of Actinomyces prosthetic joint infections.
Zaman
Rana
R
Division of Infectious Diseases. Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
Abbas
Mujahed
M
Burd
Eileen
E
D000190:Actinomyces / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000196:Actinomycosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*