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Total knee arthroplasty infection due to Abiotrophia defectiva

Departments of Orthopedics and *Microbiology, Luebeck University Hospital, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Luebeck, Germany

Corresponding author: Dr A. Ince (e-mail: akif_ince{at}hotmail.com).

Received 3 Dec. 2001; revised version received 22 April 2002; accepted 24 April 2002.

The first documented case of knee alloarthroplasty infection due to Abiotrophia defectiva, formerly known as nutritionally variant streptococci (NVS) and Streptococcus defectivus, is presented. The microbiology of this bacterium is discussed and clinical features of previously reported cases of infections by NVS are reviewed briefly.

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