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Prosthesis-Related Infections

Medical Definition:	Infections resulting from the implantation of prosthetic devices. The infections may be acquired from intraoperative contamination (early) or hematogenously acquired from other sites (late).
Guide Notes:	coord IM with specific infect (IM) + specific prosthesis /adv eff (IM), as EYE, ARTIFICIAL /adv eff; infect by biofilm: coord IM with BIOFILMS (IM) but see note there; DF: PROSTHESIS RELAT INFECT
Previously Indexed:	Infection (1966-1991),specific prosthesis/adverse effects (1966-1991)

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