Hematogenous infection after knee arthroplasty

Twenty-five hematogenously infected knee arthroplasties in 20 patients (17 with rheumatoid arthritis and 3 with arthrosis) were followed for 3 years. Staphylococcus aureus was the major infecting organism. Three patients with four arthroplasties died of sepsis. Two patients had removal of the arthro...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta orthopaedica 1987, Vol.58 (5), p.529-534
Hauptverfasser: Bengtson, Sten, Blomgren, Gudmund, Knutson, Kaj, Wigren, Anders, Lidgren, Lars
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