Gemella haemolysans Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty
Gemella haemolysans is a Gram-positive coccus and commensal of the upper respiratory tract and oral mucosa that rarely causes clinically important infections. There is only one previous report of this organism causing periprosthetic infection, in a total knee arthroplasty. We present a case of septi...
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| description | Gemella haemolysans is a Gram-positive coccus and commensal of the upper respiratory tract and oral mucosa that rarely causes clinically important infections. There is only one previous report of this organism causing periprosthetic infection, in a total knee arthroplasty. We present a case of septic loosening of an uncemented total hip arthroplasty due to G. haemolysans, in an asplenic patient with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Treatment with two-stage revision has been successful at 7 years of follow-up. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ac266ab52294277b369878cd68270f22025-02-03T06:14:20ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572012-01-01201210.1155/2012/691703691703Gemella haemolysans Infection in Total Hip ArthroplastyBarry Rose0Parminder J. S. Jeer1Anthony J. Spriggins2Department of Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, St. Peters Road, Margate, Kent CT9 4AN, UKDepartment of Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital, East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, St. Peters Road, Margate, Kent CT9 4AN, UKOrthopaedic Department, SPORTSMED. SA, 32 Payneham Road, Stepney, SA 5069, AustraliaGemella haemolysans is a Gram-positive coccus and commensal of the upper respiratory tract and oral mucosa that rarely causes clinically important infections. There is only one previous report of this organism causing periprosthetic infection, in a total knee arthroplasty. We present a case of septic loosening of an uncemented total hip arthroplasty due to G. haemolysans, in an asplenic patient with insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. Treatment with two-stage revision has been successful at 7 years of follow-up.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/691703 |
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| title | Gemella haemolysans Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty |
| title_full | Gemella haemolysans Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Gemella haemolysans Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty |
| title_short | Gemella haemolysans Infection in Total Hip Arthroplasty |
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