Open AccessRuminococcus gnavus Total Hip Arthroplasty Infection in a 62-Year-Old Man with Ulcerative Colitis
Author(s) -
AnneLaure Roux,
Faten El Sayed,
Pascal Duffiet,
Thomas W. Bauer,
Béate Heym,
Jean-Louis Gaillard,
JeanLouis Herrmann,
Martin Rottman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.03040-14
Subject(s) - ulcerative colitis , ruminococcus , medicine , colitis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , feces , disease
We report the case of a total hip arthroplasty infection caused by Ruminococcus gnavus in a 62-year-old man with ulcerative colitis. The bacterium was perfectly identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
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