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Humidity a potential risk factor for prosthetic joint infection in a tropical Australian hospital

Drew Armit, Mark L. Vickers, Adam Parr, Simon van Rosendal, Nicholas Trott, Rivindi Gunasena, Benjamin Parkinson

ANZ Journal of Surgery · 2018 · 19 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

Humidity and apparent temperature may be potentially important risk factors for infection following TKA.

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T A Horan, R. P. Gaynes, William Martone et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 1992 · 2.6K citations

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Economic Burden of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in the United States

Steven M. Kurtz, Edmund Lau, Heather Watson et al. · The Journal of Arthroplasty · 2012 · 1.7K citations

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CDC Definitions of Nosocomial Surgical Site Infections, 1992: A Modification of CDC Definitions of Surgical Wound Infections

Teresa Horan, Robert P. Gaynes · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 1992 · 1.4K citations

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The Australian Orthopaedic Association National Joint Replacement Registry

Stephen E. Graves, David C. Davidson, L. Ingerson et al. · The Medical Journal of Australia · 2004 · 1.1K citations

A Universal Scale of Apparent Temperature

Robert G. Steadman · Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology · 1984 · 774 citations · Full text

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