Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 2008 · 13 citations · 8 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesOrthopaedic SurgeryBacteriologyInfectious Disease EpidemiologyMedical MicrobiologyBacterial InfectionsHealthcare-associated InfectionsJoint InfectionsNosocomial InfectionsOrthopedic InfectionWound InfectionBacterial Wound InfectionEnteric Bacterial DiseasesEnterococciNosocomial Bacterial InfectionsOutbreak CharacterizationPostoperative Infection MonitoringWound Irrigation
In September 2006, we investigated a cluster of 9 patients who developed Enterococcus gallinarum infection after total knee arthroplasty. Isolates recovered from these patients were from the same outbreak strain. Although all 9 patients were monitored by the same healthcare personnel, were given spinal anesthesia, and had the same specific type of wound irrigation procedure performed during their hospitalization, the source or sources of these infections were not identified.
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Infection in Total Knee Replacement
Geert Peersman, R. S. Laskin, Jessica Davis et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2001 · 791 citations