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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 2082-2083, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02441-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Bacterial Arthritis Caused by Leptotrichia amnionii{triangledown}

Miki Goto,1 Shigemi Hitomi,2* and Tomoo Ishii3

Department of Clinical Laboratory,1 Department of Infectious Diseases,2 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Tsukuba University Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan3

Received 5 December 2006/ Returned for modification 23 December 2006/ Accepted 17 March 2007

Leptotrichia amnionii is an organism that rarely causes female genital tract infection. We describe a case of a male patient with arthritis on the left knee joint due to this organism.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tsukuba University Hospital, 2-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8576, Japan. Phone: 81-298-853-3210. Fax: 81-298-853-3479. E-mail: shitomi{at}md.tsukuba.ac.jp

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 26 March 2007.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, June 2007, p. 2082-2083, Vol. 45, No. 6
0095-1137/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.02441-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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