Treatment of persistent infection after anterior cruciate ligament surgery

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 439, Issue , 2005, Pages 52-55

  Zalavras, Charalampos G ^a   Patzakis, Michael J ^a   Tibone, James ^a   Weisman, Nick ^a   Holtom, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROTOMY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURETTAGE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERSISTENT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIUM; TIBIA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26244455163     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000181499.49740.e5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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