Infection of total hip prostheses by Peptococcus magnus: an immunofluorescence and ELISA study of two cases.
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Clinical Pathology
- Vol. 32 (1) , 61-65
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jcp.32.1.61
Abstract
In 2 cases of infected total hip replacements, P. magnus was isolated in pure culture from the implant when it was removed. Fluorescent antibody and ELISA [enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay] studies showed that both patients developed an antibody response to this anaerobic coccus soon after the replacement operation. The organism is a true infective agent, which was probably responsible for the failure of the arthroplasty operation.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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