Diagnosis and treatment of infections associated with fracture-fixation devices

Injury

Volumn 37, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Zimmerli, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Liestal Medizinische Klinik   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biofilm; diagnosis; Fracture fixation device; infection; treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE PLATE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BONE SCREW; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; INJURY; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOMYELITIS; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FRACTURE FIXATION; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33646486098     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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