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SUBMITTER: Bloom GB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7267679 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bloom G Barnes GB Mears Simon C SC Edwards Paul K PK Barnes C Lowry CL Stambough Jeffrey B JB
Arthroplasty today 20200602 3
Patients with malignancy are often profoundly immunocompromised due to chemotherapy, placing them at potential increased risk for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). However, there is little information regarding PJI management in these patients. We describe 4 patients with a history of primary total knee arthroplasty followed by diagnosis of multiple myeloma or Waldenström macroglobulinemia who received chemotherapy within 4 months prior to PJI. The Musculoskeletal Infection Society major and ...[more]