Articles | Volume 4, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.7150/jbji.34484
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Case report
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20 Apr 2019
Case report |
| 20 Apr 2019
| 20 Apr 2019
Treatment of a Recurrent Periprosthetic Joint Infection with an Intramedullary Knee Arthrodesis System with Low-Amount Metallic Silver Coating
Keywords: silver, periprosthetic joint infection, knee, arthrodesis, Staphylococcus
Abstract. We present a case of a recurrent periprosthetic knee infection treated with an intramedullary arthrodesis system coated with low amounts of metallic silver. After a follow-up of 26 months, the patient remained infection free and no silver-related complications were detected. Silver serum concentrations remained below the detection limit of 2 ppb.
