Infection after ACL reconstruction: What happens when cultures are negative?

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 381-384

  Musso, A D ^a   McCormack, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ACL; Complications; Epidemiology; Infection; Septic arthritis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEBRIDEMENT; DIARRHEA; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE SURGERY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LIGAMENT SURGERY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SYNOVECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 25444498311     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jsm.0000171256.77779.46     Document Type: Article

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