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Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Treated with Debridement and Prosthesis Retention

Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Treated with Debridement and Prosthesis Retention

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Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Treated with Debridement and Prosthesis Retention

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Full title

Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Treated with Debridement and Prosthesis Retention

Publisher

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

Journal title

Clinical infectious diseases, 1997-05, Vol.24 (5), p.914-919

Language

English

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Publication information

Publisher

Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Debridement and retention of the prosthesis was the initial treatment modality in 30 patients with 33 Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) who presented to the Mayo Clinic between 1980 and 1991. Treatment failure, defined as relapse of S. aureus PJI or occurrence of culture-negative PJI during continuous antistaphylococcal thera...

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Full title

Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection Treated with Debridement and Prosthesis Retention

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_78973561

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_78973561

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ISSN

1058-4838

E-ISSN

1537-6591

DOI

10.1093/clinids/24.5.914

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