High Cure Rate for Acute Streptococcal Prosthetic Joint Infections Treated With Debridement, Antimicrobials, and Implant Retention in a Specialized Tertiary Care Center | Zendy

Kaisa Huotari | Zendy; Markku Vuorinen | Zendy; Mikko Rantasalo | Zendy

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High Cure Rate for Acute Streptococcal Prosthetic Joint Infections Treated With Debridement, Antimicrobials, and Implant Retention in a Specialized Tertiary Care Center

Author(s) -

Kaisa Huotari,

Markku Vuorinen,

Mikko Rantasalo

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy335

Subject(s) - medicine , debridement (dental) , implant , antibiotics , antimicrobial , surgery , joint infections , tertiary care , cure rate , survival rate , microbiology and biotechnology , arthroplasty , periprosthetic , biology

Streptococcal prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) treated with debridement, exchange of removable parts, antibiotics, and implant retention within 3 weeks from symptom onset had an implant survival rate of 97.9% and an implant survival rate without suppressive antimicrobials of 80.9%. Treatment centralization for acute streptococcal PJIs to specialized centers makes excellent cure rates possible.

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