Infection after total knee replacement: diagnosis and treatment
Infection after total knee replacement (IATJ) is a rare complication. It is associated with increased morbidity and mortality increasing the final costs. Gram positive coccus and Staphylococcus coagulase-negative and Staphylococcus aureus are the most common isolated germs (>50% of the cases). Co...
Main Authors: | Lucio Honorio de Carvalho Junior, Eduardo Frois Temponi, Roger Badet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
2013-09-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-36162013000500389&lng=en&tlng=en |
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