Ruminococcus gnavus total hip arthroplasty infection in a 62-year-old man with ulcerative colitis. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • 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.

publication date

  • January 28, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Colitis, Ulcerative
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections
  • Ruminococcus

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4365190

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84925263196

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1128/JCM.03040-14

PubMed ID

  • 25631802

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 53

issue

  • 4