Sonication Fluid Isolation of Peptoniphilus asaccharolyticus After Total Hip Arthroplasty.

is a gram-positive anaerobic coccus found on the skin, vagina, and gut, where it acts as an opportunistic pathogen or as part of polymicrobial infections of chronic wounds or diabetic ulcers We present a case of a 68-year-old woman who was diagnosed with a late prosthetic hip arthroplasty infection caused by and isolated from sonication fluid cultures. Despite the fact that evidence is scarce, its role and pathogenicity in more severe infections should not be underestimated.