[Infection and detachment of total hip prosthesis due to listeria monocytogenes]. / Infection et descellement d'une prothèse totale de la hanche par listeria monocytogenes.

Joint prostheses are increasingly used in our current practice. Infection is one of the most dreaded complications; it is most often due to germs of the skin flora. Listeria monocytogenes rarely causes this infection. We here report the case of a patient with hip prosthesis infected by this germ. Favorable outcome was obtained by antibiotic therapy and single-stage prosthesis replacement.