Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
JBJI
Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.43655
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https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.43655
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 5, issue 3
Case report
 | 
06 Apr 2020
Case report |  | 06 Apr 2020

Late onset periprosthetic infection of the hip caused by the fish pathogen Lactococcus garvieae in a patient not associated with fish exposure

Marianne Westberg, Hanne Brekke, Nils Olav Hermansen, and Bernhard Flatøy

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