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Eradicating Fungal Periprosthetic TKA “Super-infection”: Review of the Contemporary Literature and Consideration of Antibiotic-Impregnated Dissolving Calcium Sulfate Beads as a Novel PJI Treatment Adjunct

Fungal periprosthetic joint infections are an uncommon but potentially devastating complication of arthroplasty surgery. The concurrent presence of a coexistent bacterial pathogen—a so called “super-infection”—adds further complexity. With delays to definitive diagnosis and a large number of procedu...

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Autor principal: Kurmis, Andrew P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8024748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33855143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2021.02.009