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Fusobacterium nucleatum prosthetic hip infection in an adult with sickle cell-beta thalassemia

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Fusobacterium nucleatum is an anaerobic Gram-negative bacillus commensal to the human oropharynx and gastrointestinal tract which causes an array of human infection, yet it has never been associated with infection of prosthetic joints. We report the first case of prosthetic hip infection caused by F. nucleatum in a man with sickle cell-beta thalassemia.

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  1. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Baptist Hospital, 2000 Church Street, Nashville, TN, 37236, USA

    K. Verma, P. C. McNabb, W. Kurtz, J. Green & C. H. Trabue

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Verma, K., McNabb, P.C., Kurtz, W. et al. Fusobacterium nucleatum prosthetic hip infection in an adult with sickle cell-beta thalassemia. Infection 40, 335–337 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0197-2

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Keywords

  • Fusbacterium nucleatum
  • Prosthetic
  • Arthroplasty
  • Sickle cell disease