Prosthetic knee joint infection caused by α-hemolytic Streptococcus species: a case report

BACKGROUND: Knee arthroplasty is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which a damaged joint is replaced with an artificial one. It is estimated that 1–2% of knee arthroplasties will encounter infection over their lifetime. Although α-hemolytic Streptococcus species play an important role in prostheti...

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Autores principales: Mardani, Masoud, Mohammadshahi, Jafar, Teimourpour, Roghayeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10369681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37496037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-03905-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10369681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37496037
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-03905-1

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