Clinical outcomes and costs among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and orthopedic device infections

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 973-977

  Lalani, Tahaniyat ^a   Chu, Vivian H ^a   Grussemeyer, Chelsea A ^a   Reed, Shelby D ^a   Bolognesi, Michael P ^a   Friedman, Joelle Y ^a   Griffiths, Robert I ^b   Crosslin, David R ^a   Kanafani, Zeina A ^c   Kaye, Keith S ^a   Ralph Corey, G ^a   Fowler Jr , Vance G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Health Economics Consulting   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RELAPSE; RETAINED INSTRUMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BONE NAILS; BONE PLATES; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57049117359     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540802245146     Document Type: Article

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