Disseminated Culture-Negative Periprosthetic Knee Infection With Multifocal Septic Arthritis Associated With

Brett Barthman, Matthew Klassen, Adrian Ressing, Kristopher Danielson

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Article in Case reports in orthopedics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Disseminated Culture-Negative Periprosthetic Knee Infection With Multifocal Septic Arthritis Associated WithCase reports in orthopedics · 2026
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Brett BarthmanAnatomy Department, A T Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2183-6314

Matthew KlassenDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Michigan Health-West, Wyoming, Michigan, USA.

Adrian RessingDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Michigan Health-West, Wyoming, Michigan, USA.

Kristopher DanielsonDepartment of Orthopedics, University of Michigan Health-West, Wyoming, Michigan, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a case of a 72-year-old woman with Waldenström macroglobulinemia who developed a culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) of the right knee following total knee arthroplasty. Despite multiple debridements and broad-spectrum antibiotics, she developed systemic signs of infection and hematogenous spread to multiple native joints, including the contralateral knee, ankle, wrist, and lumbar facet joints. All intraoperative cultures remained negative. A respiratory PCR was performed, which detected

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PMID42460235

DOI10.1155/cro/9426714

PMCPMC13370799

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