Antibiotic therapy duration for prosthetic joint infections treated by Debridement and Implant Retention (DAIR): Similar long-term remission for 6 weeks as compared to 12 weeks
International Journal of Infectious Diseases Aug 17, 2017
Chaussade H, et al. – Authors in this work assessed the required duration of antibiotic treatment for prosthetic joint infections (PJI) with debridement and retention of the implant (DAIR procedure). In patients undergoing DAIR for hip or knee PJI, the likelihood of long–term remission was not markedly different for those receiving 6 versus 12 weeks of antibiotic therapy. They recommend prospective randomized trials to confirm this observation.
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