Septic arthritis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint.
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.
Hocqueloux
Laurent
L
Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, La Source Hospital, Orléans, France. laurent.hocqueloux@chr-orleans.fr
Poisson
Didier Marc
DM
Sunder
Simon
S
Guilbert
Sébastien
S
Prazuck
Thierry
T
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D004888:Erysipelothrix / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004889:Erysipelothrix Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D013552:Swine