Abstract
Extraintestinal manifestatation such as prosthetic joint infection due to Clostridium difficile is a rare diagnosis. A 47-year-old female patient presented with chronic pain in
left shoulder prosthetic joint. Plain roentgenogram of left shoulder prosthetic joint
revealed anterior dislocation and loosening of prosthesis. The synovial fluid cultures
and intraoperative deep joint cultures repeatedly grew Clostridium difficile. Patient was treated with antimicrobial therapy and surgical debridement with complete
removal of hardware and revision arthroplasty.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
April 23,
2013
Received:
February 14,
2013
Footnotes
The authors have no financial or other conflicts of interest to disclose.
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© 2013 Southern Society for Clinical Investigation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
