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Clostridium perfringens as an unusual cause of a prosthetic joint infection following total knee arthroplasty

Prosthetic joint infections are a serious complication of prosthetic joint implantations. These infections are generally caused by gram-positive, aerobic pathogens, however anaerobic organisms have been rarely implicated. We describe the case of an adult male who developed a Clostridium perfringens...

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Autores principales: Stroud, Gina, Vandiver, Jeremy W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7269968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32518752
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00789