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Vancomycin Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty: Incorrectly Dosed and Has a Higher Rate of Periprosthetic Infection Than Cefazolin

BACKGROUND: In total joint arthroplasty (TJA), vancomycin is used as perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with penicillin allergy or in patients colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Although vancomycin dosing should be weight-based (15 mg/kg), not all surgeo...

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Publicat a:Clin Orthop Relat Res
Autors principals: Kheir, Michael M., Tan, Timothy L., Azboy, Ibrahim, Tan, Dean D., Parvizi, Javad
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: Springer US 2017
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Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5449331/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28401341
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-017-5302-0
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