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Total knee arthroplasty infection due to Gemella haemolysans
F Eggelmeijer1, P Petit, B A Dijkmans
1Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
British Journal of Rheumatology
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Gemella haemolysans, a relatively unknown commensal of the upper respiratory tract, rarely causes clinically important infections. This report deals with an infection of a total knee arthroplasty due to Gemella haemolysans in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. The microbiology of this bacterium is discussed and the clinical features of previously reported cases of Gemella infections are briefly reviewed.