Rat bite fever in a total knee arthroplasty: an unusual case of periprosthetic joint infection

BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication of orthopedic arthroplasty surgery. Rat bite fever is a rare infection with Streptobacillus moniliformis (S. moniliformis). Rat bite fever can lead to serious complications such as pyogenic infection of joints, bacteremia, en...

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Autores principales: Fokkema, Anne Theunis, Kampschreur, Linda Martine, Pirii, Loredana Elena, Zijlstra, Wierd Pieter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35365242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42836-022-00114-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35365242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42836-022-00114-x

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