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© 1992 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY INFECTION DUE TO GEMELLA HAEMOLYSANS

F. EGGELMEIJER, P. PETIT* and B. A. C. DIJKMANS

Department of Rheumatology University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
*Microbiology, University Hospital Leiden, The Netherlands

Correspondence to: Correspondence to F. Eggelmeijer, Department of Rheumatology, Building 1, C2-Q, University Hospital, P.O. Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands

Gemella haemolysans, a relatively unknown commensal of the upper respiratory tract, rarely causes clinically important infections. This report deals with an infection of a total knee arthroplasty due to Gemella haemolysans in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. The microbiology of this bacterium is discussed and the clinical features of previously reported cases of Gemella infections are briefly reviewed.

KEY WORDS: Gemella haemolysans, Rheumatoid arthritis, Prosthesis


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