Loosening of Total Knee Arthroplasty after Brucellosis Infection: A Case Report

نویسندگان
Sazgari, Mohammad Ali ID 1
Bahramian, Fateme ID 2
Mirzaee, Fateme ID 3
Zafarani, Zohreh ID 4
Aslani, Hamid Reza ID 5

1 Knee and Sport Medicine Research Center, Milad Hospital, Tehran, Iran

2 Knee and Sport Medicine Research Center, Milad Hospital, Tehran, Iran

3 Knee and Sport Medicine Research Center, Milad Hospital, Tehran, Iran

4 Knee and Sport Medicine Research Center, Milad hospital, Tehran, Iran

5 Knee and Sport Medicine Research Center, Milad Hospital, Tehran, Iran

doi
10.22038/abjs.2017.19756.1512
چکیده

  In this report we describe a 78-year-old man whose total knee arthroplasty showed the symptoms of infection with brucella with radiographic signs of loosening 5 years after the index surgery. The patient was treated successfully after a 2-stage revision arthroplasty surgery along with using rifampicin and doxycycline for 8 weeks.

کلیدواژه‌ها
Brucellosis, Knee arthroplasty, Knee replacement, Loosening