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

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.

SUBMITTER: Roux AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4365190 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature