Open AccessPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION DUE TO HAEMOPHILUS APHROPHILUS
Author(s) -
Helen Chesterfield,
Abdolali Assarian,
A. Pallett,
Jeremy Latham
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2008.15.04.2854
Subject(s) - medicine , haemophilus , surgery , prosthesis , bacteria , biology , genetics
A case of prosthetic joint infection due to Haemophilus aphrophilus is presented. A 76-year-old woman, with a long historyof pain in her left hip and raised inflammatory markers, underwent prosthetic joint excision. Six samples of pus and tissue were taken from thejoint and Haemophilus aphrophilus was cultured from 3 of these specimens. We review the clinical and microbiological findings. Treatment withciprofloxacin after removal of the prosthesis resulted in clinical improvement.