PROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION DUE TO HAEMOPHILUS APHROPHILUS
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jeremy Latham; Helen Chesterfield; Ann Pallett; Abdolali Assarian
- Source
- The Professional Medical Journal. 15:533-536
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
Haemophilus aphrophilus
biology
business.industry
Medicine
Prosthetic joint infection
business
biology.organism_classification
Surgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 2071-7733
1024-8919
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.