Incidence of infection in orthopedic surgeries: do we actually know it?

Am J Infect Control. 2014 Apr;42(4):461-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.007.

Authors

Marcelo Carneiro¹, Eliane Carlosso Krummenauer², Janete Aparecida Alves Machado², Mariana Schmidt Adam², Jenifer Grotto de Souza², Robson Antônio Gonçalves²

Affiliations

¹ Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: marcelo@unisc.br.
² Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

PMID: 24679579
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.12.007

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Orthopedics*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections / epidemiology*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / pathology