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J Clin Microbiol
; 46(4): 1556-7, 2008 Apr.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18287323
RESUMO
We report a case of prosthetic hip infection due to Tropheryma whipplei in a 74-year-old man not previously known to have Whipple's disease. Diagnosis was based on systematic 16S rRNA gene amplification and sequencing of samples obtained during revision hip arthroplasty.