Clinical outcome and risk factors for failure in late acute prosthetic joint infections treated with debridement and implant retention.


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Wouthuyzen-Bakker M., Sebillotte M., Lomas J., Taylor A., Palomares E. B., Murillo O., ...More

The Journal of infection, vol.78, no.1, pp.40-47, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

Abstract

Objectives: Debridement, antibiotics and implant retention (DAIR) is the recommended treatment for all acute prosthetic joint infections (PJI), but its efficacy in patients with late acute (LA) PJI is not well described.