Bone infections caused by Gemella haemolysans

Med Mal Infect. 2016 Dec;46(8):449-452. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2016.06.005. Epub 2016 Jul 29.

Authors

M-S Fangous¹, F Hémon², P Graf³, A Samier-Guérin⁴, Z Alavi⁵, H Le Bars¹, R Le Berre⁶

Affiliations

¹ Département de microbiologie, CHRU Cavale-Blanche, boulevard Tanguy-Prigent, 29609 Brest, France.
² Département de médecine interne et de pneumologie, CHRU Cavale-Blanche, boulevard Tanguy-Prigent, 29609 Brest, France.
³ Service de chirurgie orthopédique, clinique Pasteur, 32, rue Auguste-Kervern, CS82936, 29229 Brest, France.
⁴ Département de radiologie, CHRU Cavale-Blanche, boulevard Tanguy-Prigent, 29609 Brest, France.
⁵ Inserm CIC 1412, CHRU Brest, boulevard Tanguy-Prigent, 29609 Brest, France.
⁶ Département de médecine interne et de pneumologie, CHRU Cavale-Blanche, boulevard Tanguy-Prigent, 29609 Brest, France. Electronic address: rozenn.leberre@chu-brest.fr.

PMID: 27481657
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2016.06.005

No abstract available

Keywords: Bone infections; Gemella haemolysans; Infections osseuses; MALDI-TOF.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Acetabulum / diagnostic imaging
Acetabulum / microbiology
Aged, 80 and over
Arthritis, Infectious / diagnosis
Arthritis, Infectious / drug therapy
Arthritis, Infectious / etiology*
Arthritis, Infectious / microbiology
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Female
Femur / diagnostic imaging
Femur / microbiology
Gemella / isolation & purification*
Gemella / pathogenicity
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / etiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / surgery
Hip Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Hip Prosthesis / microbiology
Humans
Prosthesis Failure
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging
Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed