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Rapid destruction of tuberculosis after total knee replacement

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2017

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1252208

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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 100, No.10 (2017), p.S216-S220

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Boonyanuwat W., Boonprasert R. Rapid destruction of tuberculosis after total knee replacement. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol 100, No.10 (2017), p.S216-S220. Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/4337

Title

Rapid destruction of tuberculosis after total knee replacement

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Boonyanuwat W.
 Boonprasert R.

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.

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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

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