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Bioceramics in Joint Arthroplasty pp 103–106Cite as

Loosening of Endoprosthesis caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis

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Abstract

Several studies have implicated S. epidermidis as a causative agent for so called “aseptic loosened prosthesis” [2,4,9,26,27]. In 1969, CHARNLEY and EFTEKHAR [3] reported: “It is paradox that simple adherence to Listerian principles has abolished virulent postoperative infections, but infection by mildly pathogenic staphylococci appears to be increasingly common.”

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König, D.P., Michael, J. (2003). Loosening of Endoprosthesis caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis. In: Zippel, H., Dietrich, M. (eds) Bioceramics in Joint Arthroplasty. Ceramics in Orthopaedics. Steinkopff, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85763-8_13

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