Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection
JBJI
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-7-143-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-7-143-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
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06 Jul 2022
Original full-length article |  | 06 Jul 2022

Higher 1-year risk of implant removal for culture-positive than for culture-negative DAIR patients following 359 primary hip or knee arthroplasties

Joyce van Eck, Wai-Yan Liu, Jon H. M. Goosen, Wim H. C. Rijnen, Babette C. van der Zwaard, Petra Heesterbeek, Walter van der Weegen, and the further members of Regional Prosthetic Joint Infection Group

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Patients who receive joint replacement surgery might suffer from infection, which usually requires another surgery to clean the prosthesis and remove infected tissue. This tissue is analysed for bacteria in order to start appropriate antibiotic therapy. Bacteria are not always found, calling the appropriateness of the second surgery into question. We compared the treatment outcome in a large group of culture-positive and culture-negative patients and noticed a better outcome in the latter group.
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