Is there a role for extended antibiotic therapy in a two-stage revision of the infected knee arthroplasty?

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-174

  Hoad Reddick, D A ^a   Evans, C R ^b   Norman, P ^a   Stockley, Ian ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT JONES AND AGNES HUNT ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CEFUROXIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 14044271501     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B2.15640     Document Type: Article

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