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The tuberculosis diagnoses were confirmed <jats:italic>via<\/jats:italic> histopathologic analysis (three cases) and second\u2010generation sequencing (one case). Three patients received antituberculosis therapy for 1\u2009year, without surgical intervention. Two\u2010stage exchange arthroplasty was performed in one patient because of prosthesis loosening. Within an average follow\u2010up period of 24.75\u2009months, tuberculosis reactivation was not observed and overall functional improvement was demonstrated. Forty\u2010four TBPJI cases were reported in the literature between January 1980 and December 2019. Most (59.09%) occurred within the first year after the index arthroplasty, and the diagnoses were confirmed by culturing <jats:italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/jats:italic> in 88.64% of cases. Favorable outcomes were achieved in 90.91% of the patients who did not undergo surgery, 71.43% of those treated with debridement, 93.33% undergoing revision arthroplasty, and in 90.91% of those undergoing resection and arthrodesis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Clinical manifestations of knee tuberculosis and TBPJI are atypical. Thus, attention should be paid to finding the causes of increased ESRs and CRP levels, particularly in patients with weakened immune functioning, before performing TKA. 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