Infection associated with prosthetic joints

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 787-794

  Del Pozo, Jose L ^a   Patel, Robin ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM 67; INDIUM 111; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIP PAIN; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; DEBRIDEMENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HIP PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 69049111833     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp0905029     Document Type: Article

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