Malassezia species infection of the synovium after total knee arthroplasty surgery

• Main Authors: Leylabadlo, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh (Author), Zeinalzadeh, Elham (Author), Akbari, Najibeh Asl Rahnemaii (Author), Kafil, Hossein Samadi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Infection is a serious complication after implantation of total knee-prostheses. However, fungal infection is rarely found in periprosthetic joints, and in most reports, the infecting organism is a species. This is a case report of infection after left knee total arthroplasty caused by species. The...