A retrospective study of risk factors, causative micro-organisms and healthcare resources consumption associated with prosthetic joint infections (PJI) using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum database

Stefano Perni; Bsmah Bojan; Polina Prokopovich

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0282709

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A retrospective study of risk factors, causative micro-organisms and healthcare resources consumption associated with prosthetic joint infections (PJI) using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum database

Stefano Perni,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Bsmah Bojan,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Polina Prokopovich

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: prokopovichp@cf.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-9570

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A retrospective study of risk factors, causative micro-organisms and healthcare resources consumption associated with prosthetic joint infections (PJI) using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) Aurum database

Stefano Perni,
Bsmah Bojan,
Polina Prokopovich

Published: March 21, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282709

About the Authors

Stefano Perni

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Bsmah Bojan

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Polina Prokopovich

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: prokopovichp@cf.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5700-9570

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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