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

J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Apr;53(4):1428-30. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03040-14. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

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 types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / adverse effects*
  • Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
  • Drainage
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy
  • Ruminococcus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KP407134