Open AccessThe Microbiological Profiles of Infected Prosthetic Implants with an Emphasis on the Organisms which Form Biofilms
Author(s) -
Anisha Fernandes
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2013/4533.2732
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , surgery , implant , prospective cohort study , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , optics , genetics , physics
In spite of the decreasing incidence of orthopaedic device related infections to 1%, nowadays, device-related infections still remain a diagnostic, therapeutic and cost -related problem.