Case Report
A Case of Penicillin-Resistant Veillonella Prosthetic Joint Infection of the Knee
Table 3
Monomicrobial Veillonella prosthetic joint infections.
| | Case report | Year | PJI site | Symptoms | X-ray | Organism | E test sensitivities | Surgical | Medical treatment | Follow-up evaluation |
| | Marchandin et al. [9] | 2001 | Knee | Pain & swelling functional incapacity | Prosthetic loosening | Veillonella dispar | Penicillin (S) Amoxicillin/clavulanate (S) clindamycin (S) | 2-stage procedure | Amoxicillin + rifampicin × 6 months | 6 months | | Zaninetti-Schaerer et al. [8] | 2004 | Hip | Pain & functional incapacity | Prosthetic loosening | Veillonella sp. | Not reported | Retained prosthesis | Ceftriaxone 3 wks, then ampicillin, followed by imipenem, for a total of 3 months; lifelong po clindamycin | Not reported | | Current | 2016 | Knee | Pain & swelling functional incapacity | No prosthetic loosening | Veillonella sp. | Penicillin (R) | 2-stage procedure | Ceftriaxone 2 gm qd × 6 wks | 2 years |
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PJI: prosthetic joint infection, R: resistant, and S: sensitive.
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