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