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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Main Authors: R. Somayaji, T. Lynch, J. N. Powell, D. Gregson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-016-1980-6