Articles | Volume 4, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.37096
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.37096
Case report
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06 Nov 2019
Case report |  | 06 Nov 2019

An Unusual Case of Brucella abortus Prosthetic Joint Infection

Jennifer Walsh, Anne Gilleece, Lynda Fenelon, David Cogley, and Kirsten Schaffer

Abstract. Brucellosis is a systemic infection caused by brucella species. Prosthetic joint infection due to brucella species is rare. We report the case of a prosthetic joint infection presenting fourteen years post treatment for systemic brucellosis.