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Brucellosis complicating bilateral total knee arthroplasty
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Brucellosis complicating bilateral total knee arthroplasty
Clin Orthop Relat Res.
1991 Jun.
Abstract
Infection after arthroplasty is a serious complication associated with a high incidence of morbidity. A 24-year-old woman developed brucella septic arthritis in both knees following bilateral total knee arthroplasty. This complication appears not to have been previously reported in the literature.
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