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Daptomycin for the treatment of gram-positive periprosthetic hip infections: Can daptomycin prevent the implant removal?
2020-01-02
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background: 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 treatmen...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 664a566d-e8f4-5953-9904-def3a6d09bbf
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.2.19918/v1
