Volume 42, no. 6, p. 2872-2874, 2004. The title should read as shown above. “Helcococcus pyogenica” should read “Helcococcus pyogenes” at every occurrence. The revised proposed species name “Helcococcus pyogenes” is consistently masculine in gender, whereas the originally proposed name “Helcococcus pyogenica” was an inappropriate combination of a masculine term with a feminine one.
. 2004 Dec;42(12):5966. doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.12.5966.2004
Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to “Helcococcus pyogenes”
Anil A Panackal
1, Yolanda B Houze
1, Jennifer Prentice
1, Seth S Leopold
1, Brad T Cookson
1, W Conrad Liles
1, Ajit P Limaye
1
Anil A Panackal
1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Yolanda B Houze
1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Jennifer Prentice
1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Seth S Leopold
1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Brad T Cookson
1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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W Conrad Liles
1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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Ajit P Limaye
1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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1Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology, and Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
PMCID: PMC535309
This corrects the article "Prosthetic Joint Infection Due to “Helcococcus pyogenica”" on page 2872.