<i>Campylobacter coli</i> Prosthetic Joint Infection: Case Report and a Review of the Literature
Stijn Jonckheere,
Celestin Mairesse,
Patricia Vandecandelaere,
Jens Vanbiervliet,
Wim Terryn,
Jan Somers,
Benoit Prevost,
Delphine Martiny
Affiliations
Stijn Jonckheere
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jan Yperman Hospital, 8900 Ypres, Belgium
Celestin Mairesse
Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles-Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Patricia Vandecandelaere
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jan Yperman Hospital, 8900 Ypres, Belgium
Jens Vanbiervliet
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jan Yperman Hospital, 8900 Ypres, Belgium
Wim Terryn
General Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Jan Yperman Hospital, 8900 Ypres, Belgium
Jan Somers
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jan Yperman Hospital, 8900 Ypres, Belgium
Benoit Prevost
Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles-Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Delphine Martiny
Department of Microbiology, Laboratoire Hospitalier Universitaire de Bruxelles-Universitair Laboratorium Brussel (LHUB-ULB), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Prosthetic joint infections caused by Campylobacter are uncommon, with the majority of cases being attributed to C. fetus. This case report represents the third instance of a prosthetic hip infection caused by C. coli following an episode of gastroenteritis and, notably, in an immunocompetent patient. The infection was successfully managed by surgical debridement and lavage with retention of the prosthesis and 12 weeks of antibiotics. Furthermore, we present the first whole-genome sequence of a Campylobacter strain responsible for prosthetic joint infection and offer a comprehensive review of the literature on such infections.
