Table 1.

Patient characteristics, clinical features, and treatment outcomes ofpublished cases of Campylobacter fetus prosthetic joint infection.

Case number/references	Year	Age in years/sex	Infected arthroplasty site	Comorbidities	Animal exposure	Time from surgery to onset of infection	Bacteremia	Surgical intervention	Therapy	Outcome
(1) [2]	1986	70 M	Hip	Alcoholism, cirrhosis	ND	ND	ND	Replacement	Colistin, gentamicin, penicillin, doxycycline	Recovered
(2) [3]	1993	75 M	Hip	CLL, chronic prednisone	ND	7 days	ND	Debridement and prosthetic retention	Imipenem + gentamicin (5 weeks), lifelong suppression with amoxicillin	Recovered
(3) [4]	1994	68 F	Hip	RA on prednisone	ND	Several years	ND	Bone biopsy and drainage of pus with prosthetic retention	Gentamicin, azithromycin, chloramphenicol (4 weeks)	Died from an unrelated cause
(4) [5]	2003	76 M	Knee	None	No	1 week	+	No	Ceftriaxone (6 weeks), Cefuroxime (9 months)	Recovered
(5) [6]	2005	72 M	Hip	Alcoholism	ND	11 months	+	Debridement and prosthetic retention	Ceftriaxone (3 weeks), Roxithromycin (3 months)	Recovered
(6) [7]	2005	72 M	Bilateral Knee	None	Yes, cattle	4 years	ND	Two-stage replacement	Gentamicin, rifampin, ciprofloxacin	Recovered
(7) [8]	2012	71 F	Knee	RA on rituximab and steroids, DM	ND	ND	−	ND	Clindamycin + Doxycycline (3 months)	Recovered
(8) [9]	2013	70 F	Knee	Cirrhosis	ND	ND	+	One-stage replacement	Amoxicillin-clavulanate (6 weeks), Ciprofloxacin + clindamycin	Died from an unrelated cause
(9) [9]	2013	78 F	Hip	None	ND	ND	−	Synovectomy, debridement, prosthetic retention	Clindamycin (8 weeks) + Gentamicin (2 weeks), lifelong suppression with amoxicillin	Recovered
(10) [9]	2013	88 M	Hip	Lung cancer	ND	ND	+	Not done	Clindamycin (4 weeks) + Gentamicin (1 week), lifelong suppression with clindamycin	Recovered
(11) [9]	2013	85 F	Hip	Cirrhosis	ND	ND	+	Not done	Amoxicillin (4 weeks) + Gentamicin (1 week), lifelong suppression with amoxicillin	Recovered
(12) [9]	2013	52 F	Knee	ND	ND	5 months	−	One-stage replacement	Amoxicillin (6 weeks) + Clindamycin (6 weeks)	Recovered
(13) [9]	2013	76 F	Knee	ND	ND	ND	−	Synovectomy, debridement, prosthetic retention	Clarithromycin (12 weeks) + Gentamicin (1 week)	Recovered
(14) [9]	2013	75 M	Hip	Renal transplant	ND	4 days	+	One-stage replacement	Clarithromycin (12 weeks) + Gentamicin (1 week)	Recovered
(15) [10]	2016	77 F	Knee	ND	ND	15 days	ND	ND	ND	Recovered

ND: not documented, M: male, F: female, CLL: chronic lymphocytic leukemia, RA: rheumatoid arthritis, and DM: diabetes mellitus.