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Daptomycin for the treatment of gram-positive periprosthetic hip infections: Can daptomycin prevent the implant removal?
2019-10-18
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Management of periprosthetic hip infections (PHIs) generally consists of implant removal and thorough debridement, accompanied by appropriate antibiotic therapy. Daptomycin (DAP) is a novel antibiotic, which allowed for implant retention in several patients after treating their infected joints. However, there is no consensus about implant retention or removal during treatment of PHIs. The aim...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 27245705-4424-5c21-99d7-97f17f6c269c
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.2.16186/v1
