Empirical therapy and teicoplanin use in periprosthetic joint infections
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Zeliha KOÇAK TUFAN*, Hatice Rahmet GÜNER, Gülruhsar YILMAZ, Aybegüm ÖZŞAHİN, Murat BOZKURT, Mehmet Akın TAŞYARAN Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Ankara Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Turkish journal of medical sciences
دوره 47 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017