Preoperative Skin Cultures Predict Periprosthetic Infections in Revised Shoulder Arthroplasties
Background:. Current approaches do not provide a practical method for the accurate prediction of a Cutibacterium periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in failed arthroplasties. Thus, surgeons revising failed arthroplasties must decide whether to exchange the implants and to institute antibiotic treat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer
2020-12-01
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| Series: | JBJS Open Access |
| Online Access: | http://journals.lww.com/jbjsoa/fulltext/10.2106/JBJS.OA.20.00095 |