Diphtheroid infection of a total knee arthroplasty following femoral percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 366-368

  Conway, Allan M ^a,b,c   Smith, Matthew G ^a   Obeid, Moez ^a  

^a TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Tameside General Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary angioplasty; Deep infection; Total joint replacement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PROPHYLAXIS; RADIAL ARTERY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33746015051     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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