Aetiology of prosthetic joint infections in a tertiary care centre in Italy

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 204-208

  Carrega, Giuliana ^a   Bartolacci, Valentina ^a   Burastero, Giorgio ^a   Casalino Finocchio, Giorgetta ^a   Grappiolo, Guido ^a   Salomone, Carlo ^a   Sandrone, Clemente ^a   Santoriello, Luisa ^a   Riccio, Giovanni ^a  

^a SANTA CORONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gram negative; Methicillin resistant staphylococci; Prosthetic joint infections

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; ITALY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; ITALY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER JOINT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 59449087314     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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