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ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS FOR THE PREVENTION OF LATE INFECTIONS OF PROSTHETIC JOINTS
Author(s) -
BELL SYDNEY M.,
GATUS BARRIE J.,
SHEPHERD BRUCE D.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/ans.1990.60.3.177
Subject(s) - medicine , antibiotic prophylaxis , antibiotics , prosthesis , complication , surgery , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Late infection of prosthetic joints as a result of the haematogenous spread of an organism from a remote site with the seeding of that organism on the bone‐implanted prosthesis interface is a well‐documented but rare complication of prosthetic joint surgery. However, the use of antiobiotic prophylaxis is such cases is controversial. The details of 67 previously reported cases of late infection have been reviewed in conjunction with the details of a series of 43 patients, and observations and recommendations regarding antibiotic prophylaxis are made upon the basis of these accumulated data.