Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report
Abstract 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 bacterem...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2016-11-01
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Series: | BMC Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-016-1980-6 |