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J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.00873-08
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Femoral prosthesis infection by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

Clinical Microbiology and Virology Unit, Department of Transfusion Medicine, ‘Spirito Santo’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy; Infectious Diseases Unit, ‘Spirito Santo’ Hospital, Pescara, Italy; Clinical Microbiology, Aging Research Center (Ce.S.I.), and Department of Biomedical Sciences, ‘Gabriele d'Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: vincsavi{at}yahoo.it.

	Abstract

This case a case history of a femoral prosthesis infection caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa in an HIV patient. Though pathogenicity of this organism for bone tissue has been previously reported, this is the first case of an orthopedic prosthesis infection by this species of the genus Rhodotorula.