Affiliation:
1. Kaiser Permanente, Airport Way Laboratory, Portland, Oregon 97230
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This report describes the first reported case of a prosthetic hip joint infection due to
Campylobacter coli
. The infection presumably resulted from ingestion of contaminated raw oysters. Issues regarding original smear interpretation, culture isolation, and susceptibility testing are presented.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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