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Bacterial Findings in Infected Hip Joint Replacements in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis: A Study of 318 Revisions for Infection Reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register

High rates of Staphylococcus aureus are reported in prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RA patients are considered to have a high risk of infection with bacteria of potentially oral or dental origin. One thousand four hundred forty-three revisions for infection were report...

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Autores principales: Schrama, J. C., Lutro, O., Langvatn, H., Hallan, G., Espehaug, B., Sjursen, H., Engesaeter, L. B., Fevang, B.-T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: International Scholarly Research Network 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4063173/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24977078
http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/437675