Antibiotics for prevention of periprosthetic joint infection following dentistry: Time to focus on data

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-19

  Zimmerli, Werner ^a   Sendi, Parham ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; DENTISTRY, OPERATIVE; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 72049120717     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648677     Document Type: Note

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