title: Does the infection or the treatment kill the patient?: Commentary on an article by Benjamin Zmistowski, BS, et al.: "Periprosthetic joint infection increases the risk of one-year mortality".
authors.affiliation: University of California Davis, Sacramento, California.
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Blumenfeld
mesh_terms: D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000401:mortality*; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000401:mortality*