Open AccessInfection of a total hip arthroplasty with actinomyces israelii: Report of a case
Author(s) -
Feiran Wu,
Nicholas Marriage,
Adil Ismaeel,
Eric Masterson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4297/najms.2011.3247
Subject(s) - actinomyces israelii , medicine , actinomyces , surgery , prosthesis , arthroplasty , genetics , bacteria , biology
Infection of following total hip arthroplasties can be classified based on the timing of infection. Late infections with Actinomyces israelii are extremely rare with only 3 previously reported cases in literature. We present another case of a late infection with Actinomyces israelii in a total hip arthroplasty 9 years following implantation.