Open AccessGram‐Negative Prosthetic Joint Infections: Risk Factors and Outcome of Treatment
Author(s) -
PangHsin Hsieh,
Mel S. Lee,
KuoYao Hsu,
YuHan Chang,
HsinNung Shih,
Steve WenNeng Ueng
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/605593
Subject(s) - medicine , debridement (dental) , surgery , retrospective cohort study , arthroplasty , joint infections , pseudomonas aeruginosa , cohort , periprosthetic , biology , bacteria , genetics
Little information is available regarding the demographic characteristics and outcomes of patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI) resulting from gram-negative (GN) organisms, compared with patients with PJI resulting from gram-positive (GP) organisms.
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