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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214016592 |