Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
JBJI
Articles | Volume 6, issue 7
Articles | Volume 6, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-305-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-6-305-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 6, issue 7
Original full-length article
 | 
10 Aug 2021
Original full-length article |  | 10 Aug 2021

Combined antibiotic therapy spacers either commercial or handmade are superior to monotherapy – a microbiological analysis at the second stage of revision

André Dias Carvalho, Ana Ribau, Daniel Soares, Ana Claudia Santos, Miguel Abreu, and Ricardo Sousa

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When we initiated this paper, there was no evidence on what kind of spacers we should use. Our work was to prove that we must use a broad spectrum of antibiotics at the spacers in two-stage revision procedures. We demonstrate that a large spectrum of antibiotics at the spacer results in a lower rate of positive cultures during preimplantation and, subsequently, better outcomes and lower rate of infection.
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