A Large Multicenter Study of Methicillin–Susceptible and Methicillin–Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infections Managed With Implant Retention

Lora-Tamayo, Jaime; Murillo, Óscar; Antonio Iribarren, José; Soriano, Àlex; Sánchez-Somolinos, Mar; Baraia‐Etxaburu, Josu; Rico, Alicia; Palomino, Julián; Rodríguez-Pardo, Dolors; Pablo Horcajada, Juan; Benito, Natividad; Bahamonde, Alberto; Laura Ortega Granados, Ana; Dolores del Toro, María; Cobo, Javier; Riera, Melchor; Ramos, António; Jover, A; Ariza, Javier; behalf of the REIPI Group for the Study of Prosthetic Infection, on; Euba, Gorane; Cabo, Xavier; Pedrero, Salvador; Ángel Goenaga, Miguel; Elola, Maitane; Moreno, Enrique; García-Ramiro, S.; Carlos Martínez-Pastor, Juan; Tornero, Eduard; Manuel García-Lechuz, Juan; Marín, Mercedes; Villanueva, Manuel; López, Iñigo; Cisterna, R; Miguel Santamaría, Juan; Gómez, María-José; Puente, Andrés; Cano, Pedro; Pigrau, Carlos; Sordé, Roger; Flores, Xavier; Sorlí, Luisa; González-Miguez, Paula; Puig, Lluís; Quesada Franco, M.; Jordán, Marcos; Coll, Pere; Amador-Mellado, Juan; Fuster‐Foz, Carlos; García-Paíno, Luis; Nieto, Isabel; A. Muniain, Miguel; Suárez, Ana-Isabel; Antonia Maseguer, María; Garagorri, Eduardo; Pintado, Vicente; Marinescu, C.; J. Ramírez, Antonio; Múñez, Elena; Álvarez, Teresa; Jiménez‐García, Rodrigo; Barroso-Barcenilla, Fernando; Iogna Prat, Laura; Fernandez Perez, F.

doi:10.1093/cid/cis746

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A Large Multicenter Study of Methicillin–Susceptible and Methicillin–Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infections Managed With Implant Retention

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Aug 31, 2012

Authors:

Jaime Lora-Tamayo

Óscar Murillo

José Antonio Iribarren

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Several series predicting the prognosis of staphylococcal prosthetic joint infection (PJI) managed with debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) have been published, but some of their conclusions are controversial. At present, little is known regarding the efficacy of the d...

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Antibiotics

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