Table 3.

Descriptions of Post-Arthroplasty Infections

Surgery: Joint and Type	Post-Operative Infection: Type and Organism	Patient Risk Profile	Management
Knee arthroplasty, primary	Joint Space Infection, Coagulase negative Staph	Chronic viral hepatitis	Drained seroma, antibiotics; eventual resection with spacer and further revision required
Knee arthroplasty, revision	Joint Space Infection, S. aureus	Prednisone 15 mg/day, coronary artery disease	Surgical debridement, antibiotics, revision surgery
Knee arthroplasty, primary	Deep incisional, S. aureus and Enterococcus	Prednisone 10 mg/day, obesity, diabetes, coronary artery disease, hypertension	Surgical debridement, prolonged antibiotics
Knee arthroplasty, primary	Deep incisional, no organism cultured	None	Wound debridement, removal of hematoma, antibiotics
Hip arthroplasty, revision for fracture	Deep incisional, Enterococcus faecalis	Prednisone 17.5 mg daily, hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease, osteomyelitis foot	Incision and drainage, prolonged antibiotics
Hip arthroplasty, primary	Urinary tract	Leflunomide and adalimumab, hypertension	Antibiotics
Hip arthroplasty, primary	Urinary tract	Prednisone 10 mg/day, age >65	Antibiotics
Knee arthroplasty, revision	Cellulitis of posterior shin	Age >65, coronary artery disease	Antibiotics
Knee arthroplasty, primary	Pneumonia	Prednisone 5 mg/day, Leflunomide, age >65	Antibiotics