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Genotypic versus phenotypic methods in the detection of Listeria monocytogenes prosthetic joint infection.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2009
Žaloudíková Barbora, Kelbl Martin, Paša Libor, Freiberger Tomáš
Abstract excerpt
A rare case of a severe prosthetic joint infection in a 71-year-old immunocompetent woman is presented. Listeria monocytogenes was identified in two consecutive samples using broad-range PCR and sequencing, whereas cultivation remained negative for the first sample and streptococci of a non-group...
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