title: Femoral prosthesis infection by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Spirito Santo Hospital, via Fonte Romana 8, 65100 Pescara, Italy. vincsavi@yahoo.it
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Savini
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sozio
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catavitello
authors.forename: Marzia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Talia
authors.forename: Assunta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manna
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Febbo
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balbinot
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Bonaventura
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piccolomini
authors.forename: Giustino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parruti
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: D'Antonio