Effect of a multidisciplinary team on the treatment of hip and knee prosthetic joint infections: a single-centre study of 154 infections
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- 1 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 53 (9) , 700-706
Abstract
A multidisciplinary team responsible for the management plan of prosthetic joint infections (PJI) was founded in January 2008. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a decrease in the num...Keywords
Funding Information
- research fund of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Helsinki University Hospital (Y23D9PDIO1/2020)
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