Prosthetic hip infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei.
We report a case of prosthetic hip infection due to Tropheryma whipplei in a 74-year-old man not previously known to have Whipple's disease. Diagnosis was based on systematic 16S rRNA gene amplification and sequencing of samples obtained during revision hip arthroplasty.
Cremniter
Julie
J
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, 9 avenue Charles de Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France. julie.cremniter@apr.aphp.fr
Bauer
Thomas
T
Lortat-Jacob
Alain
A
Vodovar
Dominique
D
Le Parc
Jean-Marie
JM
Emile
Jean-François
JF
Franc
Brigitte
B
Sebbag
Pierre
P
Gaillard
Jean-Louis
JL
Heym
Beate
B
D000368:Aged; D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D054851:Tropheryma / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008061:Whipple Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology