Disease burden of prosthetic joint infections after hip and knee joint replacement in Finland during 1999-2004: Capture-recapture estimation

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-208

  Huotari, K ^a   Lyytikainen O ^b   Ollgren, J ^b   Virtanen, M J ^b   Seitsalo, S ^c   Palonen, R ^d   Rantanen, P ^e  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Patient Insurance Association   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL AGENCY FOR MEDICINES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Surgical site infection; Surveillance; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPTURE RECAPTURE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FINNISH HOSPITAL INFECTION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953540505     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.10.029     Document Type: Article

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