Acute Deterioration of Patient with Sudden Onset of Shock Caused by Group G Streptococcus Infection after Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report

Kensuke Wada; Tomoyuki Matsumoto; Kemmei Ikuta; Masanori Tsubosaka; Naoki Nakano; Toshihisa Maeda; Yuichi Kuroda; Shinya Hayashi; Ryosuke Kuroda

doi:10.12659/AJCR.938905

17 April 2023 : Case report Japan

Acute Deterioration of Patient with Sudden Onset of Shock Caused by Group G Streptococcus Infection after Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report

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Kensuke Wada^1BEF, Tomoyuki Matsumoto^1ABCDE*, Kemmei Ikuta^2B, Masanori Tsubosaka^2B, Naoki Nakano^2B, Toshihisa Maeda

^2B, Yuichi Kuroda^2B, Shinya Hayashi^2B, Ryosuke Kuroda^2E

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938905

Am J Case Rep 2023; 24:e938905

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Figure 2. Radiograph of the right knee after the second surgery, anteroposterior (A) and lateral (B) views. Irrigation, debridement, implant removal, and antibiotic spacer placement were performed as the second surgery after eradication failure of infection.

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Acute Deterioration of Patient with Sudden Onset of Shock Caused by Group G Streptococcus Infection after Revision Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report

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