Clinical spectrum and outcome of critically ill patients suffering from prosthetic joint infections.

Purpose: To report the clinical characteristics and prognosis of prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) in Intensive care units (ICUs).

Methods: Forty-one patients consecutively admitted to ICUs for PJIs between January 2004 and June 2011 were included in a retrospective case series.

Results: A majority of patients (73 %) had severe underlying disease.