Brucella Periprosthetic Joint Infection Involving Bilateral Knees with Negative Synovial Fluid Alpha-Defensin
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) due to Brucella is uncommon despite relatively high endemicity of human brucellosis and its osteoarticular predilection. We report a case of a 57-year-old woman with bacteraemic brucellosis complicated by Brucella periprosthetic infection of both knee joints occu...
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Natura: | Articolo |
Lingua: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2019-01-01
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Serie: | Case Reports in Infectious Diseases |
Accesso online: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/9423946 |