Clostridium difficile septic arthritis and periprosthetic joint infection in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, T-/B-lymphocytopenia and hypogammaglobulinemia – a case report and review of the literature
Abstract:To the best of our knowledge, we report the first
Clostridium difficile
infection in a native hip joint with subsequent prosthetic joint infection in a patient at a state of hypogammaglobulinemia. The infection developed following chemotherapy for B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (BCP-ALL). After chemotherapy, hip arthroplasty was performed for destructive septic arthritis. However, infection in the hip persis… Show more
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