A case report on Mycobacterium houstonense infection after total hip arthroplasty

A case report on Mycobacterium houstonense infection after total hip arthroplasty

Abstract Background Mycobacterium houstonense is a category of rapidly growing mycobacteria that is gram-positive, acid-fast, polycrystalline, and non-spore-forming. There have been few reports of human infection caused by Mycobacterium houstonense worldwide. Case presentation We present a case of c...

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Main Authors: ZhiPeng Li, ZhaoFeng Yuan, HuiLing Cao, DaWei Huan, Yue Qiu, TianWei Xia, JiRong Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-10-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Rapidly growing mycobacteria
Mycobacteria houstonense
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing
Periprosthetic joint Infection
Two-stage revision Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08705-y

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