Comparison of SSI rates in endoarthroplasty of hip and knee in a Cracow patient population and the importance of postdischarge surveillance

Infection

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-40

  Wojkowska Mach J ^a   Jaje, E ^b   Romaniszyn, D ^a   Kasparek, M ^b   Franczuk B ^b   Bulanda, M ^a   Heczko, P B ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b The Cracow Centre for Rehabilitation   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLAND; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POLAND; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 43049176190     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6339-x     Document Type: Article

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