title: Septic arthritis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint.
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.
authors.affiliation: Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, La Source Hospital, Orléans, France. laurent.hocqueloux@chr-orleans.fr
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hocqueloux
authors.forename: Didier Marc
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Poisson
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sunder
authors.forename: Sébastien
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guilbert
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Prazuck
mesh_terms: 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