Removed Antibiotic-Impregnated Cement Spacers in Two-Stage Revision Joint Arthroplasty Do Not Show Biofilm Formation In Vivo

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1796-1799

  Griffin, Justin W ^a   Guillot, Stacey J ^a   Redick, Jan A ^a   Browne, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic cement spacers; Biofilm; Hip revision; Knee revision; Periprosthetic infection; Revision joint arthroplasty; SEM

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC IMPREGNATED CEMENT SPACER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL SCANNING LIGHT MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BIOFILMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84869005182     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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