[Hip prosthesis infection due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus]

Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2015 Oct;33(8):570-1. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2015.02.014. Epub 2015 Mar 29.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

Amparo Valentín Martín¹, Eva Calabuig Muñoz², Marta Garrido Jareño³, José Luis López-Hontangas³

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España.
³ Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Valencia, España.

PMID: 25824992
DOI: 10.1016/j.eimc.2015.02.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Arthritis, Infectious / drug therapy
Arthritis, Infectious / etiology
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology*
Arthritis, Infectious / surgery
Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
Device Removal
Drug Substitution
Female
Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology
Hip Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Humans
Levofloxacin / adverse effects
Levofloxacin / therapeutic use
Prosthesis Failure
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / etiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
Reoperation
Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
Streptococcal Infections / etiology
Streptococcal Infections / microbiology*
Streptococcal Infections / surgery
Streptococcus gallolyticus / isolation & purification*
Synovial Fluid / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Cephalosporins
Levofloxacin
cefditoren pivoxil