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https://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/13202| Title: | Rapid destruction of tuberculosis after total knee replacement |
| Authors: | Boonyanuwat W. Boonprasert R. |
| Keywords: | C reactive protein gentamicin meloxicam paracetamol tuberculostatic agent vancomycin adult Article bacterial infection bone radiography case report clinical article erythrocyte sedimentation rate exercise test female hospitalization human human tissue knee osteoarthritis knee pain Knee Society Score middle aged Mycobacterium osteolysis physiotherapy polymerase chain reaction postoperative infection surgical debridement total knee arthroplasty tuberculosis |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Abstract: | Authors reported a case of a 60-year-old female who had knee pain after first time total knee replacement 5 months earlier. The postoperative radiograph of her left knee showed progressive bone loss around prostheses both femur and tibia. She was diagnosed with chronic postoperative infection from mycobacterium that was positive culture from synovial tissue at the second time of surgery. Our study showed that the process of rapid bone destruction in short period from mycobacterium that must be concerned especially in endemic area. © 2017 Medical Association of Thailand. All rights reserved. |
| URI: | https://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/13202 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074985585&partnerID=40&md5=2d1c860b20fc1591837f67e4d90117b9 |
| ISSN: | 1252208 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scopus 1983-2021 |
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