Bilateral Erosive Septic Hip Arthritis Following Pregnancy

Abstract

We report on a 34-year-old female whose normal spontaneous vaginal delivery was complicated by Group B streptococcus (GBS) colonization. She developed postpartum, bilateral, rapidly destructive septic hip arthritis. She was treated with bilateral articulating, antibiotic-impregnated spacers, 6 weeks of parenteral antibiotics, and subsequent conversion to total hip arthroplasties. In pregnant women, GBS can result in bacteremia, urinary tract infection, endometritis, and pneumonia. Less commonly, GBS can lead to endocarditis, sacroiliitis, or septic arthritis. Septic arthritis of the hip following pregnancy has been described in a limited number of case reports, yet none, to our knowledge, with rapid bilateral destruction requiring two-staged conversion to total hip replacement.

Keywords

• Septic arthritis
• Infection
• Pregnancy
• Total hip revision
• Hip