Evaluating the duration of antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of orthopedic hardware infections

ABSTRACT The optimal duration of antimicrobial therapy for orthopedic hardware infections is unclear. We identified 216 patients with orthopedic hardware infections, of whom 42 (19%) later had relapsed infection. Chronic suppressive antimicrobial therapy beyond 12 weeks was not significantly associa...

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Main Authors: Rija Asim, Christian J. Fuchs, Nathan A. Summers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2024-11-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01269-24
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