Tarabichi M, Alvand A, Shohat N, Goswami K, Parvizi J. Diagnosis of Streptococcus canis Periprosthetic Joint Infection: the Utility of Next-generation Sequencing.

Arthroplast Today. 2017;4(1):20-23.

Case Report: A 62 year old man presented with an infected prothesis from a primary knee arthroplasty three years prior. Next-generation sequencing identified the infective organism as Streptococcus canis, which cultures failed to detect. The patient was successfully treated and later underwent reimplantation arthroplasty. Read Report