Outcome of prosthetic knee-associated infection: evaluation of 40 consecutive episodes at a single centre R.R. Laffer, P. Graber, P.E. Ochsner, W. Zimmerli

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Outcome of prosthetic knee-associated infection: evaluation of 40 consecutive episodes at a single centre R.R. Laffer, P. Graber, P.E. Ochsner, W. Zimmerli Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 433-439 (May 2006) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01378.x Copyright © 2006 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Kaplan–Meier estimate of survival without failure in 40 episodes of total knee arthroplasty-associated infection. The median follow-up in patients without failure was 838 days (range 236–5879 days). Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2006 12, 433-439DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01378.x) Copyright © 2006 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions