Loosening of Total Knee Arthroplasty after Brucellosis Infection: A Case Report
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In this report we describe a 78-year-old man whose total knee arthroplasty showed the symptoms of infection with brucella with radiographic signs of loosening 5 years after the index surgery. The patient was treated successfully after a 2-stage revision arthroplasty surgery along with using rifampicin and doxycycline for 8 weeks.
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Loosening of Total Knee Arthroplasty after Brucellosis Infection: A Case Report.
In this report we describe a 78-year-old man whose total knee arthroplasty showed the symptoms of infection with brucella with radiographic signs of loosening 5 years after the index surgery. The patient was treated successfully after a 2-stage revision arthroplasty surgery along with using rifampicin and doxycycline for 8 weeks.
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عنوان ژورنال
دوره 5 شماره 1
صفحات 70- 71
تاریخ انتشار 2017-01-01
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