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Lucía Henríquez1,2, Ander Uribarri1,2, Ignacio Sancho3
1Clinical Microbiology Service of the University Hospital of Navarra (HUN), Irunlarrea 3, 31007, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
|October 10, 2025
Abstract:
Arthrofibrosis is a well-known complication of arthroplasty. However, the underlying causes that may lead to this pathology are unclear. A possible relationship between undiagnosed low-grade infections and the development of arthrofibrosis has been proposed (Ibrahim et al., 2020). This study aims to investigate whether colonization of the joint by low-virulence pathogens may cause arthrofibrosis.

