Case report: First report of a prosthetic joint infection caused by Facklamia hominis

Pablo S. Corona; Sleiman Haddad; José Andrés; Juan José González-López; Carles Amat; Xavier Flores

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.08.008

Case report: First report of a prosthetic joint infection caused by Facklamia hominis

Pablo S. Corona, Sleiman Haddad, José Andrés, Juan José González-López, Carles Amat, Xavier Flores

Department of Genetics and Microbiology

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© 2014 Elsevier Inc. Facklamia spp. are gram-positive cocci first described in 1997. They are α-hemolytic, facultative anaerobes, catalase-negative cocci, resembling viridians streptococci on 5% sheep blood agar. Facklamia hominis is, by far, the most common species of the 6 so far described, and it is thought that its natural habitat is the female genital tract. Four previous human infections with Facklamia spp. have been documented. We report the first case of a chronic prosthetic joint infection caused by F. hominis and its successful treatment by a 2-stage exchange procedure to eradicate the infection. This is also the first osteoarticular infection reported. The clinical implications are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	338-340
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	80
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.08.008
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2014

Keywords

Antibiotic resistance
Facklamia hominis
Periprosthetic joint infection
Two-stage replacement

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