Prosthetic infections following total knee arthroplasty: A six-year prospective study (1997-2002)

Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-28

  Pasticci, M B ^a   Mancini, G ^a   Lapalorcia, L M ^a   Morosi, S ^a   Palladino, N ^a   Zucchini, M ^a   Baldelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prospective study; Prosthetic knee infection; Prosthetic knee surgery

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; JOINT EFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33947249638     PISSN: 15909921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10195-007-0157-x     Document Type: Article

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