Outbreak of Enterococcus gallinarum infections after total knee arthroplasty

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 361-363

  Cooper, Michael P ^a,c   Lessa, Fernanda ^c,d   Brems, Bob ^b   Shoulson, Rivka ^d   York, Steve ^a   Peterson, Alicia ^d   Noble Wang, Judith ^d   Duffy, Rosemary ^a   McDonald, L Clifford ^d  

^a OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Zanesville Muskingum County Health Department   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; NEOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WOUND IRRIGATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40949156785     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/529213     Document Type: Article

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