%0 Journal Article
%T <i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> Infection of a Prosthetic Knee Joint. Case Report and Review of the Literature on Deep Sited Infections Caused by <i>Y. enterocolitica</i>
%A P£żivi Jalava-Karvinen
%A Jarmo Oksi
%A Kaisu Rantakokko-Jalava
%A Petri Virolainen
%A Pirkko Kotilainen
%J Advances in Infectious Diseases
%P 95-99
%@ 2164-2656
%D 2013
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aid.2013.32015
%X <p class=\"MsoNormal\">
	<span lang=\"EN-US\">Prosthetic
joint infection is a rare manifestation of <i>Yersinia
enterocolitica</i>. We report a case of a patient presenting with fever and a
purulent infection in his prosthetic knee joint caused by <i>Y. enterocolitica</i>. He had been operated in 1990 for arthrosis of
the right knee. Re-operation was performed in 2007 for loosening of the
prosthesis. Seven months later, following progressively increasing knee pain,
he became acutely febrile and a purulent knee joint infection was diagnosed. <i>Y. enterocolitica</i> was isolated from the
joint fluid. Serum antibodies against <i>Y.
enterocolitica </i>were also positive. He was treated with debridement,
replacement of the liner component of the prosthesis and a long course of
intravenous antimicrobial therapy. The infection was thought to be in a chronic
suppressive state. The final outcome after all therapy was good.</span> 
</p>
%K Debridement Operation
%K Prosthetic Knee Joint
%K Purulent Infection
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%K Yersinia enterocolitica&lt
%K /i&gt
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=32634