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. 2015 Feb 17;12(Suppl 1):S37-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2015.01.020. eCollection 2015 Oct.

Comparison of infection control rates and clinical outcomes in culture-positive and culture-negative infected total-knee arthroplasty

Young-Hoo Kim  1 , Sourabh S Kulkarni  1 , Jang-Won Park  1 , Jun-Shik Kim  1 , Hyun-Keun Oh  1 , Devarshi Rastogi  1
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Comparison of infection control rates and clinical outcomes in culture-positive and culture-negative infected total-knee arthroplasty

Young-Hoo Kim et al. J Orthop. .

Abstract

Background: To compare the outcomes of the culture positive and the culture negative infected TKA.

Methods: We determined the infection control rate in the 242 patients (140 patients with culture-positive and 102 patients with culture-negative diagnoses) with infected TKAs.

Results: The overall infection control rate was 90% in the culture positive group and 95% in the culture negative group.

Interpretation: The infection control rates and clinical outcomes of infected TKAs was not different between culture-positive and culture-negative groups.

Keywords: Culture-positive; Culutre-negative; Infection control rate; TKA.

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Diagram of the treatment pathway for an infected total-knee arthroplasty.
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