A curious case of Lactobacillus casei in a prosthetic joint: Was it the yogurt?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1177-1178

  Orkaby, Ariela R ^a   Chen, Billy ^a   Iliaki, Eirini F ^b   Sulis, Carol A ^b   Oates, Daniel J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DICLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HIP HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOGURT;

EID: 84862222010     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03980.x     Document Type: Letter

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