101. Infection of a hip prosthesis by Actinomyces naeslundii.
- Author
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Wüst J, Steiger U, Vuong H, and Zbinden R
- Subjects
- Actinomycosis diagnosis, Aged, Female, Humans, Prosthesis-Related Infections diagnosis, Actinomyces isolation & purification, Actinomycosis microbiology, Hip Prosthesis adverse effects, Prosthesis-Related Infections microbiology
- Abstract
We present the case of a 77-year-old woman who developed an Actinomyces naeslundii infection of a hip prosthesis. The isolate grew well aerobically with 5% CO(2). Possible diagnostic problems may arise in the microbiological laboratory because aerobic growth is not sufficiently accounted for in some of the traditional identification schemes and commercial test kits. Therefore, besides presenting an unusual pathogen in this setting, this report focuses on possible diagnostic problems in the microbiological laboratory.
- Published
- 2000
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