Gardnerella vaginalis acute hip arthritis in a renal transplant recipient

J Clin Microbiol. 2009 Jan;47(1):264-5. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01854-08. Epub 2008 Nov 19.

Abstract

We report the case of an acute hip septic arthritis caused by Gardnerella vaginalis in a 48-year-old woman under immunosuppressive therapy for kidney transplantation. After surgical resection of the hip and 6 weeks of combination antibiotic therapy, a total hip prosthesis was successfully implanted with no recurrence after 4 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Female
  • Gardnerella vaginalis / isolation & purification*
  • Hip Joint / microbiology*
  • Hip Joint / surgery
  • Hip Prosthesis
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / adverse effects*
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Kidney Diseases / complications*
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects
  • Middle Aged
  • Transplantation

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents