Rifampin resistance and multidrug resistance or extensive drug resistance (MDR/XDR) predict failure in monomicrobial <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) – a 15-year single-center cohort study

Auñon, Álvaro; Gabardo, Santiago; Álvaro, Carmen; de la Concha, Ricardo; Sanado, Javier; Esteban, Jaime

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Rifampin resistance and multidrug resistance or extensive drug resistance (MDR/XDR) predict failure in monomicrobial Staphylococcus epidermidis periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) – a 15-year single-center cohort study

Álvaro Auñon, Santiago Gabardo, Carmen Álvaro, Ricardo de la Concha, Javier Sanado, and Jaime Esteban

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