[A case of MRSA infection in multiple artificial joints successfully treated with conservative medical treatment].

We report herein on a case with multiple MRSA prosthetic arthritis and osteomyelitis successfully treated medically. Our patient was a 64-year-old Japanese woman with a previous medical history of malignant rheumatoid arthritis and multiple surgical interventions with an atlantoaxial fixation in 2003, artificial joint replacement of both knee joints in 2006, and of the right hip joint in September, 2007. She was initially hospitalized due to MRSA arthritis in the right hip in October, 2007.