Knee septic arthritis caused by α-hemolytic Streptococcus in a patient with a recent history of knee arthroscopy: a case report

BACKGROUND: Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy is a common procedure in orthopedic practice. Infections are uncommon complications of this procedure with an incidence rate of 0,01% - 3,4%. Staphylococcus spp are the predominant causative agents in such cases. We present a case of knee septic arthriti...

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Autores principales: Balato, Giovanni, Ascione, Tiziana, Iorio, Paolino, De Franco, Cristiano, De Matteo, Vincenzo, D’Addona, Alessio, Tammaro, Nicola, Pellegrino, Achille
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6814035/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31651256
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4556-4

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