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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| description | 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 bacteremia with the same organism. Whole genome sequencing of both isolates proved this PJI infection resulted from this remote bacteremia. Conclusions We document that prosthetic joint infections may be a consequence of bacteremia as much as 3 years before the onset of symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15435fb684f440de992cb864d19d75762022-12-21T20:17:01ZengBMCBMC Infectious Diseases1471-23342016-11-011611410.1186/s12879-016-1980-6Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case reportR. Somayaji0T. Lynch1J. N. Powell2D. Gregson3Departments of Medicine, University of CalgaryPathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of CalgarySurgery, University of CalgaryDepartments of Medicine, University of CalgaryAbstract 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 the same organism. Whole genome sequencing of both isolates proved this PJI infection resulted from this remote bacteremia. Conclusions We document that prosthetic joint infections may be a consequence of bacteremia as much as 3 years before the onset of symptoms.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-016-1980-6BacteremiaProsthetic joint infectionLactobacillus |
| spellingShingle | R. Somayaji T. Lynch J. N. Powell D. Gregson Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report BMC Infectious Diseases Bacteremia Prosthetic joint infection Lactobacillus |
| title | Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report |
| title_full | Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report |
| title_fullStr | Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report |
| title_short | Remote transient Lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection: a case report |
| title_sort | remote transient lactobacillus animalis bacteremia causing prosthetic hip joint infection a case report |
| topic | Bacteremia Prosthetic joint infection Lactobacillus |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-016-1980-6 |
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