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SICOT-J
Volume 3, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/sicotj/2017017
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Prosthetic joint infection; Contamination; Ralstonia; Ultrasonicator; Sonication
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We describe three cases of orthopaedic contamination caused by Ralstonia pickettii grown from prosthetic joint and implant material cultures following sonication in the microbiology laboratory. Given the temporal association between the cases, lack of clinical or intra-operative features of infection, growth of the organism in the water bath, and unlikely etiology of Ralstonia as a prosthetic joint or implant pathogen, the bacteria were judged to be contaminants.
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