Traer EA, Williams MR, Keenan JN. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae infection of a total knee arthroplasty an occupational hazard.
J Arthroplasty 2008;
23:609-11. [PMID:
18514883 DOI:
10.1016/j.arth.2007.02.011]
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Abstract
A 76-year-old man with a medical history of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus intersititial nephritis, and steroid therapy was found at first-stage revision total knee arthroplasty to have Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (a zoonotic pathogen normally associated with pigs and fish) infection of the arthroplasty. He had a history of potential occupational exposure to the organism. On literature review, we found only 3 other case reports of E rhusiopathiae linked to septic arthritis in humans. This unique case of an infected joint arthroplasty further illustrates the pathogenicity of E rhusiopathiae in humans.
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