Enterococcal periprosthetic joint infection: clinical and microbiological findings from an 8-year retrospective cohort study

Enterococcal periprosthetic joint infection: clinical and microbiological findings from an 8-year retrospective cohort study

Abstract Background Treatment of enterococcal periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) is challenging due to non-standardized management strategies and lack of biofilm-active antibiotics. The optimal surgical and antimicrobial therapy are unknown. Therefore, we evaluated characteristics and outcome of...

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Main Authors: Nora Renz, Rihard Trebse, Doruk Akgün, Carsten Perka, Andrej Trampuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Periprosthetic joint infection
Enterococcus spp.
Outcome
Microbiology
Biofilm
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4691-y

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