Antimicrobial Stewardship for Outpatients with Chronic Bone and Joint Infections in the Orthopaedic Clinic of an Academic Tertiary Hospital, South Africa

• Main Authors: Mankoana A. Masetla (Author), Pinky N. Ntuli (Author), Veena Abraham (Author), Brian Godman (Author), Bwalya A. Witika (Author), Steward Mudenda (Author), Phumzile P. Skosana (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bone and joint infections are associated with prolonged hospitalizations, high morbidity and complexity of care. They are difficult to treat, and successful therapy requires organism-specific antimicrobial therapy at high doses for a prolonged duration as recommended in standard treatment guidelines...