Microbiological Aetiology, Epidemiology, and Clinical Profile of Prosthetic Joint Infections: Are Current Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guidelines Effective?

• Published in: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2012-05, Vol.56 (5), p.2386-2391
• Main Authors: PEEL, Trisha N, CHENG, Allen C, BUISING, Kirsty L, CHOONG, Peter F. M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aged; Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antibiotic Prophylaxis; Antibiotics; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Arthroplasty; Australia - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Cefazolin; Cefazolin - administration & dosage; Cefazolin - therapeutic use; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Enterococcus - drug effects; Enterococcus - physiology; Epidemiology; Epidemiology and Surveillance; Etiology; Female; Glycopeptides; Glycopeptides - administration & dosage; Glycopeptides - therapeutic use; Gram-negative bacilli; Gram-Negative Bacteria - drug effects; Gram-Negative Bacteria - physiology; Hip - microbiology; Hip - surgery; Hospitals; Humans; Infection; Joint diseases; Joint Prosthesis; Joint Prosthesis - microbiology; Knee - microbiology; Knee - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - physiology; Microorganisms; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Pathogens; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prophylaxis; Prosthesis-Related Infections; Prosthesis-Related Infections - epidemiology; Prosthesis-Related Infections - microbiology; Prosthesis-Related Infections - prevention & control; Prosthetics; Retrospective Studies; Staphylococcus aureus
• ISSN: 0066-4804; 1098-6596
• DOI: 10.1128/AAC.06246-11

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