Brucellosis complicating bilateral total knee arthroplasty
Agarwal, S.; Kadhi, S.K.; Rooney, R.J.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 267: 179-181
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X PMID: 2044274 Document Number: 370831
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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