6-wk vs. 12-wk antibiotic therapy increased persistent infection in prosthetic joint infections managed surgically
- 5 October 2021
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 174 (10), JC116
- https://doi.org/10.7326/acpj202110190-116
Abstract
Source Citation Bernard L, Arvieux C, Brunschweiler B, et al. Antibiotic therapy for 6 or 12 weeks for prosthetic joint infection. N Engl J Med. 2021;384:1991-2001. 34042388 Clinical Impact Ratings Infectious Disease: 6 out of 7This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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