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Abstract

Here, we present a case of an 85-year-old woman with a low-grade-infection caused by after total-knee arthroplasty (TKA) followed by septic loosening. was cultured from a tissue sample from the knee joint capsule/synovial tissue obtained after the initial TKA. A review of the literature revealed two cases of periprosthetic infection and another three cases of arthritis due to . So far, no standard treatment for periprosthetic infections caused by species has been established.

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