Infection of orthopedic prostheses after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
Published
Journal Article
We prospectively evaluated 53 patients with prosthetic joints and 27 patients with other orthopedic prosthetic devices who developed Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). After exclusion of patients with primary postoperative infections, the risk of a prosthesis becoming infected by means of hematogenous seeding after SAB was 34% (15 of 44 patients) for prosthetic joints and 7% (1 of 15 patients) for other orthopedic prostheses.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Murdoch, DR; Roberts, SA; Fowler, VG; Shah, MA; Taylor, SL; Morris, AJ; Corey, GR
Published Date
- February 15, 2001
Published In
- Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Volume / Issue
- 32 / 4
Start / End Page
- 647 - 649
PubMed ID
- 11181131
Pubmed Central ID
- 11181131
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 1058-4838
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1086/318704
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States