American Society for Microbiology, Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 5(52), p. 1771-1774, 2014
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.03572-13
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ABSTRACT A 75-year-old man was diagnosed with probable Campylobacter jejuni prosthetic knee infection after a diarrheal illness. Joint aspirate and operative cultures were negative, but PCR of prosthesis sonicate fluid was positive, as was stool culture. Nineteen additional cases of Campylobacter prosthetic joint infection reported in the literature are reviewed.