2022
DOI: 10.55636/ppid2030011
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Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to Cardiobacterium hominis: Report of First Known Case and Review of C. hominis Septic Arthritis Literature

Abstract: Introduction. The Cardiobacterium species is a pleomorphic Gram-negative bacterium discovered in 1964 and is part of the HACEK (Haemophilus, Aggregatibacter, Cardiobacterium, Eikenella, and Kingella) group of organisms known to cause endocarditis. It has low virulence and can also cause dacryocystitis, septicemia and abdominal abscess. We report a patient with C. hominis prosthetic joint infection in the absence of definitive endocarditis. Case Report. A 57-year-old man presented to his orthopedic surgeon 17 m… Show more

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