Recurrent Failures After 2-Stage Exchanges are Secondary to New Organisms Not Previously Covered by Antibiotics
Background: Prior studies have shown that the majority of re-infections following two-stage revisions are due to organisms different from the initial organisms identified. It remains unknown whether these new organisms were susceptible to the antibiotics given (indicating the patient likely develope...
Main Authors: | Fortune J. Egbulefu, MD, JaeWon Yang, MD, John C. Segreti, MD, Scott M. Sporer, MD, Antonia F. Chen, MD MBA, Matthew S. Austin, MD, Craig J. Della Valle, MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-10-01
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Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344122001650 |
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