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Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® 12/2016

01-12-2016 | Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society

Authors: Willem-Jan Metsemakers, MD, PhD, Thomas Fintan Moriarty, PhD, Mario Morgenstern, MD, Richard Kuehl, MD, Olivier Borens, MD, PhD, Stephen Kates, MD, Robert Geoff Richards, PhD, Michael Verhofstad, MD, PhD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 12/2016

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To the Editor,
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Metadata
Title
Letter to the Editor: New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society
Authors
Willem-Jan Metsemakers, MD, PhD
Thomas Fintan Moriarty, PhD
Mario Morgenstern, MD
Richard Kuehl, MD
Olivier Borens, MD, PhD
Stephen Kates, MD
Robert Geoff Richards, PhD
Michael Verhofstad, MD, PhD
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-016-5087-6

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