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Haemophilus parainfluenzae complicating total hip arthroplasty: a rapid failure
P A Jellicoe1, A Cohen, P Campbell
1Department of Orthopaedics, York District Hospital, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
The Journal of Arthroplasty
|January 24, 2002
Abstract:
We present a case of rapid failure of a total hip arthroplasty caused by infection with Haemophilus parainfluenzae. The septic loosening occurred over a period of 3 months and followed a dental extraction that had not been covered by prophylactic antibiotics. This failure occurred in a previously well-functioning and asymptomatic prosthetic joint.