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Metronidazole resistant Bacteroides fragilis infection of a prosthetic hip joint
M M Hickey1, U M Davies, J Dave
1Department of Microbiology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, U.K.
The Journal of Infection
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of infection involving a prosthetic joint in a patient with adult Still's Disease is described. The causative organism was a strain of Bacteroides fragilis which was resistant to metronidazole. The rarity of this occurrence is emphasised. Diagnostic difficulties which arose are described and the problems encountered with therapy discussed.