Postoperative Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection after total knee arthroplasty

Knee

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-89

  Lee, Chia Lin ^a   Wei, Yeou Sheng ^a   Ho, Yuh Jiun ^b   Lee, Chian Her ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b HUALIEN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Prosthetic joint infection; Total knee arthroplasty; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFATER;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

AGED; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHAMBUTOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPIN; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR;

EID: 57749106552     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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