Multidrug resistant bacteria: An independent prognostic variable for failure in lower limb joint arthoplasty?

Affiliations

¹ Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge University Hospital, UK.
² Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oncology Department, Birmingham, UK.
³ Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Infection Prevention and Control, Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, Birmingham, B31 2AP, UK.
⁴ Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oncology, Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B31 2AP, UK.
⁶ Professor of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, UK.

Sadique Hammad et al. J Orthop. 2019.

. 2019 Jun 15:17:168-172.

doi: 10.1016/j.jor.2019.06.018. eCollection 2020 Jan-Feb.

¹ Addenbrookes Hospital Cambridge University Hospital, UK.
² Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oncology Department, Birmingham, UK.
³ Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Infection Prevention and Control, Bristol Road South, Northfield, Birmingham, Birmingham, B31 2AP, UK.
⁴ Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁵ Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oncology, Bristol Road South, Birmingham, B31 2AP, UK.
⁶ Professor of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: Arthroplasty; Infected; Lower limb; MDR.

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