There are several usual suspects when patients encounter a prosthetic joint infection, but a recent case review highlights the need to keep an open mind when adding culprits to the differential.
The usual suspects are bacterial—Staphylococcus aureus, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, Streptococcus and Enterococcus—and certain aerobic gram-negative bacilli and anaerobic bacteria (Clin Microbiol Rev 2014;27[2]:302-345).
Fungal infections, especially due to