Lyme Disease: A Potential Source for Culture-negative Prosthetic Joint Infection

The presentation of Lyme arthritis can mimic periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) caused by typical bacterial organisms. A patient with left total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and chronic Lyme disease presented to our institution with Lyme-associated PJI. He complained of pain, erythema, and fever for 3...

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Autores principales: Collins, Kristi A., Gotoff, James R., Ghanem, Elie S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30211357
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00023

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6132293/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30211357
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00023

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