A Retrospective Comparison of the Incidence of Bacterial Infection Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction With Autograft Versus Allograft

Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1330-1335

  Katz, Laurie M ^a   Battaglia, Todd C ^a   Patino, Paul ^a   Reichmann, William ^b   Hunter, David J ^a   Richmond, John C ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Anterior cruciate ligament; Autograft; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; CELLULITIS; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; TENDON GRAFT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56449105566     PISSN: 07498063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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