Study: Let's Revisit Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Joint Replacement

(MedPage Today) -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Routinely giving antibiotic prophylaxis for 10 days in arthroplasty patients apparently did nothing beyond what was achieved with shorter protocols to prevent prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) at one major...
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