Open AccessOutcome of patients over 80 years of age on prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy for at least 6 months for prosthetic joint infection
Author(s) -
Virginie Prendki,
Valérie Zeller,
D. Passeron,
Nicole Desplaces,
Patrick Mamoudy,
Jérôme Stirnemann,
Simon Marmor,
Jean-Marc Ziza
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.09.012
Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , antibiotics , adverse effect , surgery , antibiotic therapy , antimicrobial , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , chemistry , organic chemistry
To describe elderly patients treated with prolonged suppressive antibiotic therapy for a prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in cases where the infected prosthesis could not be removed.
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