Table 1.
Summary of the reported cases of Brucella prosthetic hip infection in the literature.5–14
| Author | Age, years | Sex | Symptom | Radiography | Joint fluid culture | Agglutination titre | Surgical treatment | Duration of anti-infection treatment, months | Follow-up, years | Good outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones et al., 1983 5 | 54 | M | Fever | No loosening | Negative | 640 | One-stage exchange | 12 | 3 | Yes |
| Ortega-Andreu et al., 2002 6 | 63 | M | Hip pain | Loosening of femoral component | No | NA | Two-stage exchange | 3 | 0.5 | Yes |
| Weil et al., 2003 7 | 38 | M | Hip pain fever | Loosening of femoral component | Negative | 1600 | Two-stage exchange | 1.5 | 1 | Yes |
| Kasim et al., 2004 8 | 47 | F | Hip pain | Loosening | No | 80 | Two-stage exchange | 5 | 4 | Yes |
| Ruiz-Iban et al., 2006 9 | 66 | F | Thigh pain groin pain | Radiolucent lines | Positive | NA | Two-stage exchange | 1.5 | 5.5 | Yes |
| Ruiz-Iban et al., 2006 9 | 71 | M | Painless | No loosening | No | 640 | Drainage | 6 | 5 | Yes |
| Cairo et al., 2006 10 | 50 | M | Hip pain | No loosening | No | 320 | None | 26 | 5 | Yes |
| Cairo et al., 2006 10 | 71 | M | Hip pain, limping | Implant Loosening | No | NA | Two-stage exchange | 6 | 3 | Yes |
| Tena et al., 2007 11 | 51 | M | Hip pain, fever | Implant loosening | Positive | 80 | Two-stage exchange | 2 | 4 | Yes |
| Carothers et al., 2015 12 | 67 | F | Thigh pain | Bone loss around cement | Negative | NA | Two-stage exchange | 5 | 2 | Yes |
| Tebourbi et al., 2016 13 | 73 | F | Hip pain | Acetabular component loosening | No | NA | Two-stage exchange | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Walsh et al., 2019 14 | 75 | M | Hip pain, Sinus tract | Bone loss around cement and acetabular component loosening | No | NA | Two-stage exchange | 3 | NA | Yes |
M, male; NA, not available; F, female.