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Lyme disease periprosthetic joint infection

Theodore Yang1, Fnu Shweta2, Marcus Greatens3

  • 1Medical College of Wisconsin - Central Wisconsin Campus, Wausau, Wisconsin, USA.

BMJ Case Reports
|January 8, 2025
PubMed
Summary

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication of joint replacement surgery. This case study highlights the rare diagnosis and complex management of Lyme PJI in a total knee arthroplasty patient.

Keywords:
Bone and joint infectionsOrthopaedics

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