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Case report: Anaerobiospirillum prosthetic joint infection in a heart transplant recipient

BACKGROUND: We report a case of prosthetic hip joint infection in a heart transplant recipient due to Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens, a genus of spiral-shaped curved anaerobic gram-negative rod which colonizes the gastrointestinal tract of cats and dogs. Invasive infections in humans are rare...

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Autores principales: Madden, Gregory R., Poulter, Melinda D., Crawford, Michael P., Wilson, Daniel S., Donowitz, Gerald R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6593573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31238924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2684-z