Postoperative joint infections due to propionibacterium species: A case-control study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1083-1085

  Kanafani, Zeina A ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^b   Pien, Brian C ^b   Varkey, Jay ^b   Basmania, Carl ^b   Kaye, Keith S ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349934706     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605577     Document Type: Article

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