Premature Therapeutic Antimicrobial Treatments Can Compromise the Diagnosis of Late Periprosthetic Joint Infection

BACKGROUND: In the absence of positive cultures and draining sinuses, the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) relies on laboratory values. It is unknown if administration of antibiotics within 2 weeks before diagnostic evaluations can affect these tests in patients with PJI. QUESTIONS/...

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Published in:Clin Orthop Relat Res
Main Authors: Shahi, Alisina, Deirmengian, Carl, Higuera, Carlos, Chen, Antonia, Restrepo, Camilo, Zmistowski, Benjamin, Parvizi, Javad
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer US 2015
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Symposium: 2014 Musculoskeletal Infection Society
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4457778/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25604877
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-015-4142-z
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