A Mouse Model of Post-Arthroplasty Staphylococcus aureus Joint Infection to Evaluate In Vivo the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Implant Coatings

BACKGROUND: Post-arthroplasty infections represent a devastating complication of total joint replacement surgery, resulting in multiple reoperations, prolonged antibiotic use, extended disability and worse clinical outcomes. As the number of arthroplasties in the U.S. will exceed 3.8 million surgeri...

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Autores principales: Bernthal, Nicholas M., Stavrakis, Alexandra I., Billi, Fabrizio, Cho, John S., Kremen, Thomas J., Simon, Scott I., Cheung, Ambrose L., Finerman, Gerald A., Lieberman, Jay R., Adams, John S., Miller, Lloyd S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2935351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20830204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012580

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