Gardnerella vaginalis Acute Hip Arthritis in a Renal Transplant Recipient
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Gardnerella vaginalis acute hip arthritis in a renal transplant recipient.
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.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0095-1137,1098-660X
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.01854-08