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Antimicrobial treatment of patients with a periprosthetic joint infection: basic principles

The antibiotic treatment of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) is complicated by the presence of biofilm produced by bacteria on the abiotic surface of the implant. Bacteria within the deeper layers of the biofilm become metabolically less active, resulting in antibiotic tolerance due to several...

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Autores principales: Rottier, Wouter, Seidelman, Jessica, Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Marjan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9979546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36864531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42836-023-00169-4