Abstract
These guidelines are intended for use by infectious disease specialists, orthopedists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI). They include evidence-based and opinion-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with PJI treated with debridement and retention of the prosthesis, resection arthroplasty with or without subsequent staged reimplantation, 1-stage reimplantation, and amputation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-10 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Clinical Infectious Diseases |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- antimicrobial
- PJI
- prosthetic joint infection
- surgical intervention
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Infectious Diseases
- Microbiology (medical)
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