Implant retention and high rate of treatment failure in hematogenous acute knee and hip prosthetic joint infections.

CONCLUSION: The high risk of failure of conservative treatment for hematogenous prosthetic joint infections should lead to considering prosthesis replacement as the optimal strategy, particularly with Staphylococcus aureus. PMID: 31848104 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses - Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Med Mal Infect Source Type: research