Antibiotic Therapy for 6 or 12 Weeks for Prosthetic Joint Infection
The appropriate duration of antimicrobial therapy for bacterial prosthetic joint infection is debated. In this open-label, randomized, controlled, noninferiority trial involving 410 patients with prosthetic joint infection at 28 centers across France, antimicrobial therapy for 6 weeks was compared w...
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Published in | The New England journal of medicine Vol. 384; no. 21; pp. 1991 - 2001 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Massachusetts Medical Society
27.05.2021
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Summary: | The appropriate duration of antimicrobial therapy for bacterial prosthetic joint infection is debated. In this open-label, randomized, controlled, noninferiority trial involving 410 patients with prosthetic joint infection at 28 centers across France, antimicrobial therapy for 6 weeks was compared with therapy for 12 weeks and was not found to be noninferior. |
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ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 |
DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa2020198 |