Superinfection with Difficult-to-Treat Pathogens Significantly Reduces the Outcome of Periprosthetic Joint Infections

• Hauptverfasser: Ali Darwich (Verfasst von), Franz-Joseph Dally (Verfasst von), Khaled Abu Olba (Verfasst von), Elisabeth Mohs (Verfasst von), Sascha Gravius (Verfasst von), Svetlana Hetjens (Verfasst von), Elio Assaf (Verfasst von), Mohamad Bdeir (Verfasst von)
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• Veröffentlicht: MDPI AG, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after total joint arthroplasty. In the course of a PJI, superinfections with pathogens that do not match the primary infecting micro-organism may occur. To our knowledge, there are no published data on the outcome of such infections in t...