Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Are Patients With Multiple Prosthetic Joints at Risk?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 877-880

  Jafari, S Mehdi ^a   Casper, David S ^a   Restrepo, Camilo ^a   Zmistowski, Benjamin ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a   Sharkey, Peter F ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip arthroplasty; Knee arthroplasty; Multiple periprosthetic joint infection; Phenotypically identical infecting organisms; Risk of subsequent infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM; OPERATION DURATION; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861198865     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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