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Jeremiah M Langsfeld1, Matthew Gremillion2, Tamara Al-Maktar3

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Keywords:
2-stage exchangeBMICRPESRNocardia infectionPJIROMantibiotic spaceraspiratechronic back painculturedebridementdelayed diagnosisdiabetes mellituselevated C-reactive proteinelevated erythrocyte sedimentation rateextended surgical timehypertensionimmunosuppressionintraoperative cultureknee irrigationknee jointknee painknee prosthesis, articulating antibiotic spacerknee revisionmalemale gendermethyl methacrylate cementobesityosteoarthritisprolonged infectionprosthetic joint infectionprosthetic looseningrestricted range of motionrevision TKAstroketotal knee arthroplasty

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