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Clinical Experience with Tigecycline in the Treatment of Prosthetic Joint Infections

BACKGROUND: As the population in the United States ages, the number of people who will require a joint arthroplasty is expected to rise dramatically. The most serious complication of this surgery is prosthetic joint infection (PJI) which can lead to long-term morbidity and even mortality. Biofilms p...

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Autores principales: Lastinger, Allison, Dietz, Matthew, Guilfoose, John, Sarwari, Arif R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5631670/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.078