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Mycobacterium wolinskyi infection after total knee arthroplasty in a healthy woman

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gil Hospital, Gachon University School of Medicine, 1198 Guwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon, 405-760, Korea

    Yong Seuk Lee, Shin Woo Nam & Beom Koo Lee

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Gachon University School of Medicine, Gil Hospital, Incheon, Korea

    Yoon Soo Park

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Lee, Y.S., Nam, S.W., Park, Y.S. et al. Mycobacterium wolinskyi infection after total knee arthroplasty in a healthy woman. J Orthop Sci 20, 229–231 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-013-0422-1

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