Obese patients have higher rates of polymicrobial and Gram-negative early periprosthetic joint infections of the hip than non-obese patients

BACKGROUND: Obese patients are more likely to develop periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after primary total joint arthroplasty. This study compared the clinical and microbiological characteristics of non-obese, obese and severely obese patients with early PJI, in order to ultimately optimize anti...

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Autores principales: Löwik, Claudia A. M., Zijlstra, Wierd P., Knobben, Bas A. S., Ploegmakers, Joris J. W., Dijkstra, Baukje, de Vries, Astrid J., Kampinga, Greetje A., Mithoe, Glen, Al Moujahid, Aziz, Jutte, Paul C., Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Marjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6453483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30958847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215035

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6453483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30958847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215035

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