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Case Reports
. 2011 May;49(5):2074-6.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.00065-11. Epub 2011 Mar 2.

First report of a hip prosthetic and joint infection caused by Lactococcus garvieae in a woman fishmonger

G G Aubin  1 , P Bémer, A Guillouzouic, L Crémet, S Touchais, N Fraquet, D Boutoille, A Reynaud, D Lepelletier, S Corvec
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First report of a hip prosthetic and joint infection caused by Lactococcus garvieae in a woman fishmonger

G G Aubin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 May.

Abstract

We describe the first case of hip prosthetic infection due to Lactococcus garvieae. The patient, a 71-year-old woman fishmonger, developed a hip infection 7 years after total hip arthroplasty. The origin of infection was possibly due to the manipulation or intake of seafood or fish contaminated with Lactococcus garvieae.

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Fig. 1.
(A) Growth of small gray colonies of Lactococcus garvieae on a horse blood agar plate after 48 h of incubation in aerobic conditions. (B) Gram stain of Lactococcus garvieae with clusters and short chains of Gram-positive cocci (oil immersion, ×1,000).
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