Table 1 Summary of Cases
From: First case of periprosthetic joint infection due to Clostridioides difficile in China
| Â | Case 1 [6] | Case 2 [7] | Case 3 [8] | Case 4 [9] | Case 5 [10] | This case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Region/Time | France/1995 | Australia/1999 | America/2013 | America/2013 | Belgium/2014 | China/2019 |
Patient’s age and sex | 16-year-old man | 83-year-old woman | 61-year-old woman | 47-year-old woman | 61-year-old man | 75-year-old woman |
Site of infection | knee | hip | knee | shoulder | hip | hip |
Type of infection | late (16 months later) | delayed (12 months later) | early (3 months later) | early (3 months later) | early (1 week later) | late (24 months later) |
Surgical treatment | arthrotomy with drainage, removal of implant | Revision of the hip and removal of implant | Removal of implant | Debridement with removal of the hardware | Debridement, retention | Debridement, two-stage exchange arthroplasty |
Antibiotic treatment | Amoxicillin/ornidazole/rigampicin/lincomycin/penicillin G | Metronidazole | Piperacillin-tazobactam/Metronidazole | Vancomycin/Metronidazole | Vancomycin/Metronidazole | Vancomycin/Metronidazole |
Outcome | Amputation | Successful | Amputation | Unknown | Successful | Successful |