Abstract

The factors associated with prosthetic joint infection for 126 patients in a case-control study were as follows: bacteremia during the previous year (odds ratio [OR], 4.25 [95% confidence interval {CI}, 1.3-3.8]), nonsurgical trauma to the prosthetic joint (OR, 21.5 [95% CI, 2.6-175.2]), and surgical site infection (OR, 5.25 [95% CI, 1.7-16.7]).

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