| Literature DB >> 20088697 |
Saima Aslam1, Charles Reitman, Rabih O Darouiche.
Abstract
The factors associated with prosthetic joint infection for 126 patients in a case-control study were as follows: bacteremia during the previous year (odds ratio [OR], 4.25 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.3-3.8]), nonsurgical trauma to the prosthetic joint (OR, 21.5 [95% CI, 2.6-175.2]), and surgical site infection (OR, 5.25 [95% CI, 1.7-16.7]).Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20088697 DOI: 10.1086/650756
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN: 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254