First description of an Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens prosthetic joint infection

F. Schaumburg; R. Dieckmann; T. Schmidt-Bräkling; K. Becker; E.A. Idelevich

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2017.03.001

New Microbes and New Infections (Jul 2017)

First description of an Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens prosthetic joint infection

F. Schaumburg,
R. Dieckmann,
T. Schmidt-Bräkling,
K. Becker,
E.A. Idelevich

Affiliations

F. Schaumburg: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Germany
R. Dieckmann: Department of General Orthopaedics and Tumour Orthopaedics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
T. Schmidt-Bräkling: Department of General Orthopaedics and Tumour Orthopaedics, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
K. Becker: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Germany
E.A. Idelevich: Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.03.001
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. C
pp. 1 – 2

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Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens belongs to the normal flora of cats and dogs and can rarely infect humans. Here, we report the first case of an A. succiniciproducens prosthetic joint infection.

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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