Increasing Resistance of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in Total Hip Arthroplasty Infections: 278 THA-Revisions due to Infection Reported to the Norwegian Arthroplasty Register from 1993 to 2007

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Development of resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci towards selected antibiotics. Percent resistance is present on the -axis, time period on the -axis. (1) Significant increase in resistance for methicillin, clindamycin, and cotrimoxazole (). (2) Not significant increase in resistance for aminoglycosides ().

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