The fate of elbows with unexpected positive intraoperative cultures during revision elbow arthroplasty

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-116

  Wee, Andy T ^a   Morrey, Bernard F ^b   Sanchez Sotelo, Joaquin ^b  

^a KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ELBOW ARTHROPLASTY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84873665164     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.K.00121     Document Type: Article

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