A confusing case – Weissella confusa prosthetic joint infection: A case report and review of the literature

The authors describe the first case of Weissella confusa infection of a prosthetic joint. Identification of the pathogen required 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing of isolates obtained on two separate occasions during the assessment of an elderly woman with a painful, swollen knee following total knee ar...

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Autores principales: Medford, Richard, Patel, Samir N, Evans, Gerald A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pulsus Group Inc 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25285116
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description The authors describe the first case of Weissella confusa infection of a prosthetic joint. Identification of the pathogen required 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing of isolates obtained on two separate occasions during the assessment of an elderly woman with a painful, swollen knee following total knee arthroplasty. A review of reported human infections due to W confusa are summarized, and risk factors and pitfalls in the application of empirical antimicrobial therapy pending definitive microbiological identification are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-41739822014-10-03 A confusing case – Weissella confusa prosthetic joint infection: A case report and review of the literature Medford, Richard Patel, Samir N Evans, Gerald A Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol Case Report The authors describe the first case of Weissella confusa infection of a prosthetic joint. Identification of the pathogen required 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing of isolates obtained on two separate occasions during the assessment of an elderly woman with a painful, swollen knee following total knee arthroplasty. A review of reported human infections due to W confusa are summarized, and risk factors and pitfalls in the application of empirical antimicrobial therapy pending definitive microbiological identification are discussed. Pulsus Group Inc 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4173982/ /pubmed/25285116 Text en Copyright© 2014 Pulsus Group Inc. All rights reserved This open-access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits reuse, distribution and reproduction of the article, provided that the original work is properly cited and the reuse is restricted to noncommercial purposes. For commercial reuse, contact support@pulsus.com
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