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- Sangeetha Ranganath and John K Midturi.
- Division of Infectious Diseases (SR, JKM), Scott and White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas.
- Am. J. Med. Sci. 2013 Nov 1; 346 (5): 422-3.
AbstractExtraintestinal 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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