Molecular and Antibiofilm Approaches to Prosthetic Joint Infection

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The majority of patients with prosthetic joint replacement (arthroplasty) experience dramatic relief of pain and restoration of satisfactory joint function. In the United States, more than.5 million people have a primary arthroplasty each year. Less than 10% of prosthesis recipients have complications develop during their lifetime, commonly as a result of aseptic biomechanical failure, followed by prosthetic...

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