Prosthetic hip infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1556-1557

  Cremniter, Julie ^a,c   Bauer, Thomas ^a   Lortat Jacob, Alain ^a   Vodovar, Dominique ^a   Le Parc, Jean Marie ^a   Emile, Jean François ^a   Franc, Brigitte ^a   Sebbag, Pierre ^b   Gaillard, Jean Louis ^a   Heym, Beate ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Hôpital Ambroise Paré ^*

^c HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROPATHY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; POLYARTHRITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; BIOPROSTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HIP PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TROPHERYMA;

TROPHERYMA WHIPPLEI;

AGED; BIOPROSTHESIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TROPHERYMA; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 42449126093     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02451-07     Document Type: Article

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