Chronic osteomyelitis increases long-term mortality risk in the elderly: a nationwide population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: The elderly are predisposed to chronic osteomyelitis because of the immunocompromised nature of aging and increasing number of chronic comorbidities. Chronic osteomyelitis may significantly affect the health of the elderly; however, its impact on long-term mortality remains unclear. We c...

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Autores principales: Huang, Chien-Cheng, Tsai, Kang-Ting, Weng, Shih-Feng, Lin, Hung-Jung, Huang, Hung-Sheng, Wang, Jhi-Joung, Guo, How-Ran, Hsu, Chien-Chin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27029408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0248-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4815108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27029408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0248-8

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