Risk factors for subsequent diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-301

  Aslam, Saima ^a,c,d   Reitman, Charles ^a   Darouiche, Rabih O ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Prostheses Infection   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INJURY; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 77249173783     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/650756     Document Type: Article

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