title: Gardnerella vaginalis as a rare cause of prosthetic joint infection.
abstract: We describe a septic loosening of a hip prosthesis in a 71-year-old woman caused by Gardnerella vaginalis. Infection was confirmed by culture and molecular identification of this bacterium. The patient was treated by a one-step exchange of prosthesis and antibiotic therapy combining trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and rifampin, with favorable evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Joseph Fourier Grenoble 1, Grenoble, France.
authors.forename: Gautier
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hoarau
authors.forename: Sylvain
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pavese
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saragaglia
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Croize
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maurin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001168:Arthritis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006194:Gardnerella vaginalis / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012293:Rifampin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D012293:Rifampin