Evaluating the microbial pattern of periprosthetic joint infections of the hip and knee.

CONCLUSION: Patients suffering PJI present a certain risk profile with many comorbidities, e.g. high age and obesity. The observed microbiological pattern demonstrates the rise of high-resistance pathogens.
PMID: 30207518 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - September 12, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Rosteius T, Jansen O, Fehmer T, Baecker H, Citak M, Schildhauer TA, Geßmann J Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research