Erysipelothrix Rhusiopathiae Infection of a Total Knee Arthroplasty. An Occupational Hazard

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-611

  Traer, Emily A ^a   Williams, Mark R ^a   Keenan, Jon N ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arthritis; Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; infection; zoological

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); STEROID; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX RHUSIOPATHIAE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVECTOMY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ERYSIPELOTHRIX; ERYSIPELOTHRIX INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TANNING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 44349144402     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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