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Clin Infect Dis
; 49(7): 1083-5, 2009 Oct 01.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19725786
RESUMO
We compared 40 patients with Propionibacterium acnes postoperative joint infection to a cohort of uninfected patients. Infection manifested a median of 210 days after surgery. Most patients with joint prostheses underwent hardware removal. Prior joint surgery (odds ratio [OR], 28.2) and male sex (OR, 7.2) were independent risk factors for infection.