Acinetobacter Prosthetic Joint Infection Treated with Debridement and High-Dose Tigecycline

Prosthesis retention is not recommended for multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter prosthetic joint infection due to its high failure rate. Nevertheless, replacing the prosthesis implies high morbidity and prolonged hospitalization. Although tigecycline is not approved for the treatment of prosthetic joi...

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Autores principales: Vila, Andrea, Pagella, Hugo, Amadio, Claudio, Leiva, Alejandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5204012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27883369
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2016.48.4.324

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5204012/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27883369
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2016.48.4.324

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