Comparison of infection control rates and clinical outcomes in culture-positive and culture-negative infected total-knee arthroplasty
- 주제(키워드) Culture-positive , Culutre-negative , Infection control rate , TKA
- 등재 SCOPUS
- 발행기관 Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd.
- 발행년도 2015
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000122987
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2015.01.020
초록/요약
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. © 2015 Prof. P K Surendran Memorial Education Foundation.
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