Infection after total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 688-691

  Blom, A W ^a,b   Brown, J ^a   Taylor, A H ^a   Pattison, G ^a   Whitehouse, S ^a   Bannister, G C ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; KNEE AMPUTATION; LAMINAR FLOW; LAVAGE; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELEPHONE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; INFECTION; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 4043149222     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.86B5.14887     Document Type: Article

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