TY - JOUR
T1 - Case report: First report of a prosthetic joint infection caused by Facklamia hominis
AU - Corona, Pablo S.
AU - Haddad, Sleiman
AU - Andrés, José
AU - González-López, Juan José
AU - Amat, Carles
AU - Flores, Xavier
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - © 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.
AB - © 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.
KW - Antibiotic resistance
KW - Facklamia hominis
KW - Periprosthetic joint infection
KW - Two-stage replacement
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84919337086
U2 - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.08.008
DO - 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2014.08.008
M3 - Article
SN - 0732-8893
VL - 80
SP - 338
EP - 340
JO - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
JF - Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
IS - 4
ER -