Infection after total hip arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 956-959

  Blom, A W ^a   Taylor, A H ^a   Pattison, G ^a   Whitehouse, S ^a   Bannister, G C ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; LAMINAR FLOW; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141704208     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B7.14095     Document Type: Article

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