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Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Veillonella dispar

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 Described here is the first report of a monomicrobial joint infection caused by Veillonella dispar that resulted in loosening of a prosthesis. This clinical case shows that Veillonella spp. should not be disregarded as contaminant organisms, particularly when they are isolated in pure culture from clinical specimens involving cases of septic arthritis.

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  1. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371, Avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France e-mail: h-marchandin@chu-montpellier.fr, Tel.: +33-4-67335886 Fax: +33-4-67335893, , , , , , FR

    H. Marchandin, H. Jean-Pierre, C. Carrière & H. Darbas

  2. Service d'Orthopédie III, Hôpital Lapeyronie, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France, , , , , , FR

    F. Canovas

  3. Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Montpellier, France, , , , , , FR

    E. Jumas-Bilak

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Marchandin, H., Jean-Pierre, H., Carrière, C. et al. Prosthetic Joint Infection due to Veillonella dispar . EJCMID 20, 340–342 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011273

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