Foreign-body osteoarticular infection by Brucella melitensis: A report of three cases

J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Jan;88(1):202-4. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02656.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / adverse effects*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Bone Plates / adverse effects*
  • Brucella melitensis / isolation & purification*
  • Brucellosis / diagnosis*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / microbiology
  • Knee Joint / microbiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Osteitis / microbiology
  • Osteonecrosis / microbiology
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Reoperation
  • Tibia / surgery

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents