Late Hip Arthroplasty Infection Caused byListeria monocytogenesin a Non-Immunocompromised Patient

Abstract

Predisposing conditions and co-morbidities usually are required for L. monocytogenes infection. Listeria is fastidious and is not a recognized laboratory isolate or hospital contaminant; routine cultures therefore may be negative. In approximately one-half of the reported cases, the prosthetic joint infections were treated successfully by two-stage revision surgery plus long-term antibiotic therapy. In most cases, ampicillin and gentamicin are the first choice. Cephalosporins are rarely effective.

Prosthetic joint infections in the elderly

“…Three papers described 3 cases of PJI due to Listeria monocytogenes [63][64][65]. An early knee prosthesis infection due to multiresistant Serratia marcescens was described [66].…”

Successful Debridement of a Knee Joint Prosthesis Infected with Listeria Monocytogenes. Case Report and Review of Current Literature

“…diabetes, kidney or liver disease) are at risk, most often with a hematogenous route of infection. 6 In our isolated case, the onset was within weeks, and taking into consideration that our patient was relatively young and that he was not immunocompromised besides having Diabetes Mellitus, performing a DAIR procedure became an alternative to a two-stage revision.…”

Listeria Monocytogenes Prosthetic Joint Infection, Case Report and Review of the Literature

“…Only limited descriptions of prosthetic joint infection with L. monocytogenes exist. Besides the 34 patients from the largest series article only a few other case reports can be found [2,6,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. Our case is therefore the 54 th .…”