Arthroplasty and postoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network (Morris); University of Toronto (Morris); Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Gollish); Department of Surgery, University of Toronto (Gollish), Toronto, Ont. amorris@mtsinai.on.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network (Morris); University of Toronto (Morris); Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Gollish); Department of Surgery, University of Toronto (Gollish), Toronto, Ont.

Andrew M Morris et al. CMAJ. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 1;188(4):243-244.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.150429. Epub 2015 Oct 5.

¹ Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network (Morris); University of Toronto (Morris); Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Gollish); Department of Surgery, University of Toronto (Gollish), Toronto, Ont. amorris@mtsinai.on.ca.
² Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network (Morris); University of Toronto (Morris); Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Gollish); Department of Surgery, University of Toronto (Gollish), Toronto, Ont.

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