@article {736,
	title = {The clinical significance of femoral head culture results in donors after hip arthroplasty: a preliminary report},
	journal = {J Arthroplasty},
	volume = {17},
	year = {2002},
	note = {James, L A Gower, A United States The Journal of arthroplasty J Arthroplasty. 2002 Apr;17(3):355-8.},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {355 - 8},
	edition = {37355},
	abstract = {The aim of this study is to determine whether a link exists between clinical wound problems and positive bacterial culture of the femoral head after primary hip arthroplasty. Clinical data were retrieved for 24 culture-positive and 26 culture-negative patients. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was the commonest pathogen, cultured in 19 of the 24 culture-positive femoral heads donated to a regional bone bank. Wound problems occurred in 2 of the patients from the culture-positive group and 4 of the patients from the culture-negative group. The relative risk of wound problems was 0.54 in the culture-positive group. Based on the available evidence in this preliminary short-term retrospective review, positive microbiology from donated femoral heads has no clinical implication in the donors. The practice of reporting culture-positive femoral heads should be continued.},
	keywords = {Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / *adverse effects, Bone Banks, Female, Femur Head / *microbiology / transplantation, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prosthesis-Related Infections / *microbiology, Retrospective Studies, Surgical Wound Infection / *microbiology, Transplantation, Homologous, Treatment Outcome},
	issn = {0883-5403 (Print) 0883-5403 (Linking)},
	doi = {S0883540302894219 [pii]},
	author = {James,L. A. and Gower,A.}
}
