What Is the Most Effective Empirical Antibiotic Treatment for Early, Delayed, and Late Fracture-Related Infections?

• Main Authors: Susanne Baertl (Author), Nike Walter (Author), Ulrike Engelstaedter (Author), Martin Ehrenschwender (Author), Florian Hitzenbichler (Author), Volker Alt (Author), Markus Rupp (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antibiotic treatment strategies for fracture-related infections (FRI) are often extrapolated from periprosthetic joint infections (PJI), although, in contrast to PJI, detailed analysis of pathogens and their antibiotic resistance is missing. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate antibiotic susc...