Cefazolin remains the linchpin for preventing acute periprosthetic joint infection following primary total knee arthroplasty

AIMS: Despite recent literature questioning their use, vancomycin and clindamycin often substitute cefazolin as the preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis in primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA), especially in the setting of documented allergy to penicillin. Topical povidone-iodine lavage and vancomyc...

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Autores principales: Buchalter, Daniel B., Nduaguba, Afamefuna, Teo, Greg M., Kugelman, David, Aggarwal, Vinay K., Long, William J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery 2022
Materias:
Knee
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9047071/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35014563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1302/2633-1462.31.BJO-2021-0051.R1

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