The Kidney, Liver, Index surgery and C reactive protein score is a predictor of treatment response in acute prosthetic joint infection
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DOI: 10.1007/s00264-017-3670-4
Abstract: PurposeThis work seeks to verify the utility of the KLIC score as a predictor of treatment success or failure in patients with knee and hip acute prosthetic joint infections (APJI). These patients were treated in… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; predictor treatment; treatment; acute prosthetic ... See more keywords
Optimization of the empirical antibiotic choice during the treatment of acute prosthetic joint infections: a retrospective analysis of 91 patients
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DOI: 10.1080/17453674.2019.1621595
Abstract: Background and purpose — The preferred treatment of an acute prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is debridement, antibiotics, irrigation and retention of the prosthesis (DAIR). The antibiotic treatment consists of an empirical and targeted phase. In… read more here.
Keywords: treatment; dair; acute prosthetic; treatment acute ... See more keywords