title: Incidence of infection in orthopedic surgeries: do we actually know it?
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Electronic address: marcelo@unisc.br.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliane Carlosso
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Krummenauer
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Janete Aparecida
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alves Machado
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana Schmidt
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jenifer Grotto
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infection Control Commission, Hospital Santa Cruz, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Robson Antônio
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009985:Orthopedics; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology