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Review
. 2010 Jan;48(1):333-5.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01683-09. Epub 2009 Nov 18.

Septic arthritis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint

Laurent Hocqueloux  1 , Didier Marc Poisson, Simon Sunder, Sébastien Guilbert, Thierry Prazuck
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Review

Septic arthritis caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a prosthetic knee joint

Laurent Hocqueloux et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Jan.

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.

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