Aspergillus fumigatus infection in a mega prosthetic total knee arthroplasty: Salvage by staged reimplantation with 5-year follow-up

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 498-503

  Baumann, Patricia A ^a   Cunningham, Benjamin ^a   Patel, Nishitkumar S ^a   Finn, Henry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft prosthetic composite; Aspergillus fumigatus; Infection; Mega prosthesis; Segmental replacement; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN; CEFAZOLIN; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; OSTEOSARCOMA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034988795     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/arth.2001.21505     Document Type: Article

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