Allografts: Risks of infection

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 440-442

  Malinin, Theodore ^a   Buck, Bill E ^a   Temple, H Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE DEFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; DONOR; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 0036889154     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200212000-00010     Document Type: Review

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