Femoral prosthesis infection by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.
This case report is a case history of a femoral prosthesis infection caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in a human immunodeficiency virus patient. Though the pathogenicity of this organism for bone tissue has been previously reported, this is the first reported case of an orthopedic prosthesis infection by this species of the genus Rhodotorula.
Savini
Vincenzo
V
Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Spirito Santo Hospital, via Fonte Romana 8, 65100 Pescara, Italy. vincsavi@yahoo.it
Sozio
Federica
F
Catavitello
Chiara
C
Talia
Marzia
M
Manna
Assunta
A
Febbo
Fabio
F
Balbinot
Andrea
A
Di Bonaventura
Giovanni
G
Piccolomini
Raffaele
R
Parruti
Giustino
G
D'Antonio
Domenico
D