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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 264-265, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01854-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Gardnerella vaginalis Acute Hip Arthritis in a Renal Transplant Recipient{triangledown}

Valérie Sivadon-Tardy,1,3,{dagger} Anne-Laure Roux,1,3 Philippe Piriou,2 Jean-Louis Herrmann,1,3 Jean-Louis Gaillard,1,3 and Martin Rottman1,3*

Laboratoire de Microbiologie,1 Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique, Traumatologique et Réparatrice, Hôpital R. Poincaré, Garches,2 EA 3647, Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin—Faculté de Médecine, Paris-Ile de France-Ouest, France3

Received 25 September 2008/ Returned for modification 6 November 2008/ Accepted 13 November 2008

We report the case of an acute hip septic arthritis caused by Gardnerella vaginalis in a 48-year-old woman under immunosuppressive therapy for kidney transplantation. After surgical resection of the hip and 6 weeks of combination antibiotic therapy, a total hip prosthesis was successfully implanted with no recurrence after 4 years.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, 104 Bd. Raymond Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France. Phone: 33(1)47.10.46.22. Fax: 33(1)47.10.79.49. E-mail: martin.rottman{at}rpc.aphp.fr

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 19 November 2008.

{dagger} Present address: Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré (AP-HP), Boulogne-Billancourt, France.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, January 2009, p. 264-265, Vol. 47, No. 1
0095-1137/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.01854-08
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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