First report of a hip prosthetic and joint infection caused by Lactococcus garvieae in a woman fishmonger

G G Aubin; P Bémer; A Guillouzouic; L Crémet; S Touchais; N Fraquet; D Boutoille; A Reynaud; D Lepelletier; S Corvec

doi:10.1128/JCM.00065-11

First report of a hip prosthetic and joint infection caused by Lactococcus garvieae in a woman fishmonger

J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May;49(5):2074-6. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00065-11. Epub 2011 Mar 2.

Authors

G G Aubin¹, P Bémer, A Guillouzouic, L Crémet, S Touchais, N Fraquet, D Boutoille, A Reynaud, D Lepelletier, S Corvec

Affiliation

¹ Service de Bactériologie-Hygiène, CHU de Nantes, Institut de Biologie, 9 quai Moncousu, 44093 Nantes Cedex, France.

Abstract

We describe the first case of hip prosthetic infection due to Lactococcus garvieae. The patient, a 71-year-old woman fishmonger, developed a hip infection 7 years after total hip arthroplasty. The origin of infection was possibly due to the manipulation or intake of seafood or fish contaminated with Lactococcus garvieae.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
Cluster Analysis
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
Female
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Lactococcus / isolation & purification*
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Occupational Exposure
Osteoarthritis / diagnosis*
Osteoarthritis / microbiology*
Phylogeny
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Ribosomal
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S