Clinical meaning of unexpected positive cultures (UPC) in revision shoulder arthroplasty

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 620-627

  Foruria, Antonio M ^a   Fox, Tyler J ^b   Sperling, John W ^b   Cofield, Robert H ^b  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Periprosthetic infection; Prosthetic infection; Shoulder; Shoulder arthroplasty; Shoulder arthroplasty revision; Shoulder replacement

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TISSUE CULTURE; UNEXPECTED POSITIVE CULTURE; VEILLONELLA PARVULA;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84876418541     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.07.017     Document Type: Article

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