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SUBMITTER: Cassir N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3407743 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of medical case reports 20120628
<h4>Introduction</h4>Robinsoniella peoriensis was recently identified as a Gram-positive, spore-forming, anaerobic bacillus originally isolated from swine manure storage pits. Seven isolates have been subsequently reported from human sources.<h4>Case presentation</h4>We report the case of an infection caused by R. peoriensis in a 45-year-old Caucasian woman after posterior instrumentation correction of idiopathic thoracolumbar scoliosis. The identification was made by culture of samples inoculat ...[more]