Case report: Salmonella infection following total hip arthroplasty.
A case of a total hip arthroplasty infection with Staphylococcus aureus, co-infected with Salmonella choleraesuis was treated with two-stage exchange and administration of vancomycin and ciprofloxacin. No signs of re-infection have appeared fourteen months after surgery. Cases of salmonella infection of hip prostheses are quite rare, with only a handful of reports in the literature.
Chong
Paul Y
PY
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Sporer
Scott M
SM
D000368:Aged; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D012476:Salmonella arizonae; D013552:Swine