Prosthetic joint infection due to "Helcococcus pyogenes" [corrected].
Helcococci have previously been associated with the colonization of ulcers and infections of the skin and soft tissues. We describe a case of prosthetic joint infection due to a previously undescribed organism that is genetically most closely related to Helcococcus.
Panackal
Anil A
AA
Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7110, USA.
Houze
Yolanda B
YB
Prentice
Jennifer
J
Leopold
Seth S
SS
Cookson
Brad T
BT
Liles
W Conrad
WC
Limaye
Ajit P
AP
D000368:Aged; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001483:Base Sequence; D005260:Female; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology