Treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum Infection of Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report
Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing bacterium that can cause infection at different sites in humans. Prosthetic infection caused by this bacterium has historically been a challenge, with reimplantation being unsuccessful in all but one case. M. fortuitum is resistant to almost all conventio...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210491712000486 |