Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report

BACKGROUND: Lactobacillus spp. are uncommon pathogens in immunocompetent hosts, and even rarer causes of prosthetic device infections. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of chronic hip prosthetic joint infection (PJI) caused by L. animalis is described. This occurred 5 years after a transient bacteremia with...

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Autores principales: Somayaji, R., Lynch, T., Powell, J. N., Gregson, D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5097402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1980-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5097402/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1980-6

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