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Septic arthritis of the knee: the use and effect of antibiotics prior to diagnostic aspiration

Septic arthritis of the native knee joint and total knee arthroplasty both cause diagnostic and treatment issues. There is no gold standard test to diagnose a joint infection and the use of joint aspiration is commonly relied on. It is widely accepted by orthopaedic surgeons that antibiotics should...

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Autores principales: Hindle, P, Davidson, E, Biant, LC
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3954379/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22943233
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588412X13171221591015