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Lactobacillus as a rare cause of an infected total knee replacement: a case report

INTRODUCTION: We report a rare case of an infected revision total knee replacement as a result of a Lactobacillus species infection. Lactobacillus infections have been associated with prolonged broad-spectrum antibiotic use. This can have implications in revision surgery, especially when patients ha...

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Autores principales: Atwal, Navraj, George, Akintunde, Squires, Ben, Marsh, Clayton H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2737802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19830207
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1752-1947-3-7441