Author/Authors :
maalouf, peter saint-joseph university (usj) - hôtel-dieu de france university hospital, Beirut, lebanon , abdallah, amer saint-joseph university(usj) - bellevue medical center (bmc), Beirut, lebanon , abdallah, amer lebanese university - faculty of medical sciences - orthopedic surgery department, lebanon , barakat, angelique aint-joseph university(usj) - bellevue medical center (bmc) - clinical laboratory, lebanon , matta, matta aint-joseph university(usj) - bellevue medical center (bmc), lebanon
Abstract :
A 63-year-old female patient presented for infected total knee prosthesis by brucella spp. several years after undergoing knee replacement arthroplasty. She underwent a two-stage revision surgery and was treated wih gentamicin, rifampicin and doxycycline for a total duration of four months.