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B Dhawan1, S Sebastian, R Malhotra
1Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
|January 19, 2016
Abstract:
We report the first case of prosthetic joint infection caused by Lysobacter thermophilus which was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Removal of prosthesis followed by antibiotic treatment resulted in good clinical outcome. This case illustrates the use of molecular diagnostics to detect uncommon organisms in suspected prosthetic infections.

