Guest editorial: Joint prosthetic infections: A success story or a continuous concern?

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 629-632

  Walenkamp, Geert H I M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CEFUROXIME;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DISINFECTION; EDITORIAL; FINLAND; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REGISTER; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; ARTHROPLASTY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; HUMANS; HYGIENE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 72549094311     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453670903487016     Document Type: Editorial

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