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Gardnerella vaginalis Acute Hip Arthritis in a Renal Transplant Recipient

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY (2009)

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Volume 47, Issue 1, Pages 264-265

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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01854-08

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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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