Culturing Periprosthetic Tissues in BacT/Alert® Virtuo Blood Culture Bottles for a Short Duration of Post-operative Empirical Antibiotic Therapy

<p class="p p-first" id="__p2"><strong>Introduction:</strong> A post-operative empirical antibiotic therapy (PEAT) is required in periprosthetic joint infections. It commonly uses broad-spectrum antibiotics to cover most Gram-positive cocci and Gram-negative bac...

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Main Authors: C. Duployez, F. Wallet, H. Migaud, E. Senneville, C. Loiez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Online Access:https://jbji.copernicus.org/articles/5/145/2020/jbji-5-145-2020.pdf