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Infection of the Shoulder Joint

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Shoulder joint infection is a challenging problem. Shoulder infection can occur both in the native joint as well as following joint replacement. A delay in the diagnosis usually equates to a poor outcome of this condition. The principles of management, like in any other joint infection compromise of eradication of the infection, pain relief and restoration of the joint movement [1].

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  1. North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Scunthorpe, UK

    Aravind Desai MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS Tr and Orth

  2. Hull Yorkshire Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK

    Aravind Desai MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS Tr and Orth

  3. Sheffield Medical University, Sheffield, UK

    Aravind Desai MBBS, MS, MRCS, FRCS Tr and Orth

  4. Pennine Acute Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester, UK

    Pratima Khincha

  5. Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, Wigan, UK

    Robert Nelson

  6. Upper Limb Unit, Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, UK

    Puneet Monga MBBS, MS, DNB, MRCS, FRCS, MD

  7. Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK

    Puneet Monga MBBS, MS, DNB, MRCS, FRCS, MD

  8. University of Salford, Salford, UK

    Puneet Monga MBBS, MS, DNB, MRCS, FRCS, MD

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  1. Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, Lancashire, UK

    Ian A. Trail

  2. Wrightington Hospital, Wigan, Lancashire, UK

    Lennard Funk

  3. Orthopaedic Surgery Department, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, UK

    Amar Rangan

  4. Trauma & Orthopaedics Department, Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, Cheshire, UK

    Matthew Nixon

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Desai, A., Khincha, P., Nelson, R., Monga, P. (2019). Infection of the Shoulder Joint. In: Trail, I., Funk, L., Rangan, A., Nixon, M. (eds) Textbook of Shoulder Surgery . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70099-1_33

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