Treatment and clinical management of recurrent knee empyema due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after total knee replacement.
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.
Kapella
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Asklepios Klinik Birkenwerder, Germany.
Kampf
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Holzheimer-Stock
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Kreusch-Brinker
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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*