Recent Respiratory Tract Infection and Additional Surgeries Increase Risk for Surgical Site Infection in Total Joint Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Analysis of 2255 Patients

BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSI) are one of the most common healthcare-associated infections contributing to high economic burden. Around 658,000 total joint arthroplasties (TJA) are performed annually in the Unites States, estimated 0.9–2.5% develop surgical site infection. Despite follow...

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Autores principales: Navalkele, Bhagyashri, Krishna, Amar, McKelvey, George, Perov, Samuel, Sood, Kunal, Dakallah, Youssef, Chopra, Teena
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/PMC5632038/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofx163.087

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