Outbreak of postoperative shoulder arthritis due to Propionibacterium acnes infection in nondebilitated patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 987-990

  Berthelot, Philippe ^a   Carricajo, A ^a   Aubert, G ^a   Akhavan, H ^b   Gazielly, D ^b   Lucht, Frédéric ^a  

^a SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^b Jomayere Clinic   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; VENTILATOR;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPLASTY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FRANCE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; OPERATING ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; VENTILATION;

EID: 33749019491     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507287     Document Type: Article

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