Surgical site infection after hip replacement due to a novel Peptoniphilus species, provisionally named 'Peptoniphilus nemausus' sp. nov

Anaerobe. 2020 Feb:61:102071. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2019.102071. Epub 2019 Jul 12.

Abstract

We report a case of surgical site infection after total hip prosthesis replacement due to an ofloxacin-resistant Peptoniphilus isolate belonging to an unknown species for which the name 'Peptoniphilus nemausus' sp. nov. is proposed. Follow-up was favourable under clindamycin and rifampin for 3 months in this patient whom had a Proteus mirabilis infection treated by fluoroquinolone.

Keywords: Anaerobe; Infection; Peptoniphilus; Prosthetic joint infection; Resistance; Surgical site infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Female
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / classification*
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / genetics*
  • Hip Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / etiology*

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S