Efficacy of Antibiotic Suppressive Therapy in Patients with a Prosthetic Joint Infection
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Efficacy of Antibiotic Suppressive Therapy in Patients with a Prosthetic Joint Infection
Introduction: For chronic prosthetic joint infections (PJI), complete removal of the infected prosthesis is necessary in order to cure the infection. Unfortunately, a subgroup of patients is not able to undergo a revision surgery due to high surgical risk. Alternatively, these patients can be treated with antibiotic suppressive therapy (AST) to suppress the infection. Aim: To evaluate the effic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2206-3552
DOI: 10.7150/jbji.17353