Mycobacterium fortuitum infection following total knee arthroplasty: A case report and literature review

Knee

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-63

  Cheung, Ian ^a   Wilson, Anthony ^a  

^a TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium fortuitum; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Total knee arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOXITIN; DICLOXACILLIN; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT BIOPSY; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; REIMPLANTATION; SYNOVITIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 37349034583     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2007.08.007     Document Type: Article

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