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CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION
Volume 17, Issue 7, Pages 1098-1100Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03510.x
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Prosthetic joint infections; Staphylococcus aureus
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- 'Infektiologie beider Basel' foundation
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Patient-related risk factors for invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection overlap with those for periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs). We compared these factors and clinical characteristics between 17 exogenous and 40 haematogenous PJIs caused by S. aureus. Exogenous cases presented significantly more often with damaged periprosthetic soft tissue, whereas haematogenous cases more often had systemic signs of infection, such as fever, chills, and sepsis syndrome. However, comorbid conditions associated with S. aureus infection and/or PJIs did not differ between the two groups. These findings imply that patient-related risk factors for S. aureus infection do not help to predict the mode of infection acquisition in prosthetic joints.
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