Fungal Periprosthetic Knee Joint Infection in a Patient with Metamizole-Induced Agranulocytosis
We present the case of a 55-year-old female patient with metamizole-induced agranulocytosis after total knee arthroplasty, leading to septic periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs). Owing to metamizole-induced agranulocytosis, the synovial leukocyte count was negative. Here, we discuss the diagnostic...
Main Authors: | Sebastian Oenning, Cand Med, Burkhard Moellenbeck, MD, Georg Gosheger, MD, Tom Schmidt-Bräkling, MD, Jan Schwarze, MD, Thomas Ackmann, MD, Kristian Nikolaus Schneider, MD, Christoph Theil, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-12-01
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Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235234412030159X |
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