Articles | Volume 4, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.32471
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Case report
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06 Aug 2019
Case report |
| 06 Aug 2019
| 06 Aug 2019
Gardnerella vaginalis, from the Vaginal Microbiota to Prosthetic Joint Infection
Keywords: prosthetic joint infection, Gardnerella vaginalis, hematogenous infection, vaginosis
Abstract. We describe two cases of chronic Gardnerella vaginalis prosthetic hip infections, in an immunocompetent postmenopausal woman and a young immunocompromised woman. G. vaginalis was also isolated from the genital tract, suggesting hematogenous spread of the bacterium. Outcomes were favorable after one-stage exchange arthroplasty and prolonged antibiotic therapy.
