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https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-219-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-219-2021
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04 Jun 2021
Original full-length article |  | 04 Jun 2021

Periprosthetic hip infections in a Swedish regional hospital between 2012 and 2018: is there a relationship between Cutibacterium acnes infections and uncemented prostheses?

Urban Hedlundh, Michail Zacharatos, Jonas Magnusson, Magnus Gottlander, and Johanna Karlsson

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Cutibacterium acnes infections in hip arthroplasty may be underdiagnosed. Cemented components in THA seem to protect from colonization of Cutibacterium acnes. Post-operative infections are preferably surgically treated with DAIR within a month after hip replacement but infection eradication may still not be excluded at an extended time in some cases. Further large-scale studies are needed to confirm our results.