艾滋病毒阳性患者晚期骨折相关感染:一个前性队列研究

Simon M Graham1,2,3,4, Samuel Masterson5, Maritz Laubscher3,4

  • 1Oxford Trauma and Emergency Care, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

The bone & joint journal
|January 31, 2025
PubMed
概括

这项研究发现,HIV感染在下肢骨折手术后增加了晚期骨折相关感染 (FRI) 的风险. 然而,艾滋病毒状态并没有显著影响这个南非队列的早期FRI率.

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