Methicillin-resistant Infection After Hip and Knee Replacement: Reason to Change Practice?

Journal of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-12

  Van Houwelingen, Andrew P ^a   Garbuz, Donald S ^a   Masri, Bassam A ^a   Duncan, Clive P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hip knee replacement; Methicillin resistant infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEMENT; METICILLIN; POLYETHYLENE; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84858079006     PISSN: 22104917     EISSN: 22104925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jotr.2011.07.001     Document Type: Review

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