case_images: PMC7489156_01
case_images: Patient had total knee arthroplasty history at his infected knee. Streptococcus dysgalactiae was determined by culture.
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case_images: F1
case_images: The SD was identified in the first sample (Figure 1).
case_images: After surgical debridement and antibiotic treatment, CRP levels dropped down. After 30 days, CRP levels presented a plateau.
  CRP: C-reactive protein.
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case_images: F2
case_images: PJI consensus meeting, thorough debridement of the synovial sheath was performed and polyethylene insert was adapted. Postoperative antibiotic treatment was continued with third-generation cephalosporin for two weeks and then stopped when the infection symptoms were relieved, the CRP and the ESR levels dropped down and presented a plateau (Figure 2).