Outcome of patients over 80 years of age on prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy for at least 6 months for prosthetic joint infection

Objectives: To describe elderly patients treated with prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy for a prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in cases where the infected prosthesis could not be removed. Methods: All patients aged ≥80 years with a documented PJI and treated with prolonged suppressive antibio...

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Main Authors: Virginie Prendki, Valérie Zeller, Dorick Passeron, Nicole Desplaces, Patrick Mamoudy, Jérôme Stirnemann, Simon Marmor, Jean-Marc Ziza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214016592