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Case Reports
. 1989 Jun;27(6):1395-6.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.27.6.1395-1396.1989.

Bacteremia and infection of a hip prosthesis caused by Bacillus alvei

A C Reboli  1 , C S Bryan, W E Farrar
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Case Reports

Bacteremia and infection of a hip prosthesis caused by Bacillus alvei

A C Reboli et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1989 Jun.

Abstract

Of the 34 Bacillus species described, 10 have been reported to cause infection in humans and 6 are insect pathogens. We report a case of an infected prosthetic hip caused by Bacillus alvei, only the third documented case of human infection with this organism.

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