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Treatment and clinical management of recurrent knee empyema due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after total knee replacement

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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.

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  1. Asklepios Klinik Birkenwerder, Hubertusstrasse 12–22, 16547 Birkenwerder, Germany Tel.: +49-3303-5220, Fax: +49-3303-522222, , , , , , DE

    M. Kapella, Cornelia Holzheimer-Stock & Rüdiger Kreusch-Brinker

  2. Institut für Hygiene, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203 Berlin, Germany, , , , , , DE

    Günter Kampf

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Received: 1 July 1999

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Kapella, M., Kampf, G., Holzheimer-Stock, C. et al. Treatment and clinical management of recurrent knee empyema due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after total knee replacement. Arch Orth Traum Surg 121, 359–361 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004020100258

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