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Acute Suppurative Joint Infections in Children

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Current Concepts of Infections in Orthopedic Surgery

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The capability of microbes to ravage a synovial joint is widely recognized. The patterns of infection, the character of the microbes, host reactions, and treatment modalities, however, have changed somewhat in recent decades.

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  1. J. J. Wiley
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  2. W. M. McIntyre
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Ottawa, Canada

    Hans K. Uhthoff MD, FRCS(C) (Prof. and Head) (Prof. and Head)

  2. 2021 Atwater, Suite 1610, H3H 2P2, Montréal, Qué., Canada

    Elvira Stahl BA, FAAAS, FAMWA

  3. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ottawa General Hospital, 501 Smyth Road, K1H 8L6, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Hans K. Uhthoff MD, FRCS(C) (Prof. and Head) (Prof. and Head)

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Wiley, J.J., McIntyre, W.M. (1985). Acute Suppurative Joint Infections in Children. In: Uhthoff, H.K., Stahl, E. (eds) Current Concepts of Infections in Orthopedic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69833-0_21

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