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Can listeriosis infection affect a total knee replacement after 3 months of the surgery?

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Unusual pathogen: Risk of prosthetic joint infection is influenced by many modifiers pre/postoperatively. The success of your prosthetic joint in highly dependent of some routine health observation; dental, genitourinary, GI etc. Listeria M. is not a usual pathogen in PJIs. if you are worried about the possibility of infection please contact your surgeon ASAP for proper evaluation. Take care !

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Answered 3/20/2016

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