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Letter to the Editor: Aseptic Loosening of Total Hip Arthroplasty: Infection Always Should be Ruled Out

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 7AU, UK

    David G. Partridge MA, MRCP, FRCPath, Reena Rambani FRCPath & Robert Townsend MSc, FRCPath

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK

    Robert M. Kerry FRCS & Ian Stockley FRCS, MD

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  1. David G. Partridge MA, MRCP, FRCPath
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Correspondence to David G. Partridge MA, MRCP, FRCPath.

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(Re: Parvizi J, Suh D-H, Jafari SM, Mullan A, Purtill JJ. Aseptic loosening of total hip arthroplasty: infection always should be ruled out. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2011;469:1401–1405.)

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Partridge, D.G., Rambani, R., Kerry, R.M. et al. Letter to the Editor: Aseptic Loosening of Total Hip Arthroplasty: Infection Always Should be Ruled Out . Clin Orthop Relat Res 469, 2971–2972 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-011-2002-z

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