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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2006, p. 3463-3464, Vol. 44, No. 9
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02685-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Hip Prosthesis Infection Due to Mycobacterium wolinskyi

Céline Pulcini,1 Eric Vandenbussche,2 Isabelle Podglajen,1,3 Wladimir Sougakoff,3,4 Chantal Truffot-Pernot,4 Annie Buu-Hoï,1 Emmanuelle Varon,1 and Jean-Luc Mainardi1,3*

Departments of Microbiology,1 Orthopedic Surgery, Faculté de Médecine, AP-HP Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France,2 INSERM U655-LRMA, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC-Paris6), and Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Descartes, Paris, France,3 Centre National de Référence de la Résistance des Mycobactéries aux Antituberculeux, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC-Paris6), Paris, France4

Received 27 December 2005/ Returned for modification 15 March 2006/ Accepted 26 June 2006

Mycobacterium wolinskyi, first described in 1999, is a rapidly growing mycobacterium related to the Mycobacterium smegmatis group. Only eight cases of infection due to this microorganism have been reported, including three cases of bone infection. Here, we present the first case of a joint prosthesis infection cured with the combination of surgery and prolonged antibiotic therapy. The microorganism was identified by biochemical tests and 16S rRNA and Hsp65 gene sequence analysis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Faculté de Médecine, Université Paris-Descartes, AP-HP Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20 rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: 33 1 56 09 39 51. Fax: 33 1 56 09 24 46. E-mail: jlmainar{at}bhdc.jussieu.fr or jean-luc.mainardi{at}hop.egp.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 2006, p. 3463-3464, Vol. 44, No. 9
0095-1137/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02685-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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