title: Treatment and clinical management of recurrent knee empyema due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after total knee replacement.
abstract: We describe a patient with recurrent knee empyema and associated complications caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after total knee replacement and the difficulties and limited options in its clinical management.
authors.affiliation: Asklepios Klinik Birkenwerder, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kampf
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holzheimer-Stock
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kreusch-Brinker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004653:Empyema / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007720:Knee Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections; D012008:Recurrence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*