Appropriate Duration of Antimicrobial Treatment for Prosthetic Joint Infections: A Narrative Review

• Main Authors: Jaime Lora-Tamayo (Author), Mikel Mancheño-Losa (Author), María Ángeles Meléndez-Carmona (Author), Pilar Hernández-Jiménez (Author), Natividad Benito (Author), Oscar Murillo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Prosthetic joint infections are considered difficult to treat they needing aggressive surgery and long antimicrobial treatments. However, the exact duration of these therapies has been established empirically. In the last years, several studies have explored the possibility of reducing the length of...