Effect of Preoperative Antibiotic Therapy on Operative Culture Yield for Diagnosis of Native Joint Septic Arthritis.
Ryan B KhodadadiPansachee DamronglerdJack W McHughSaid El ZeinBrian D LahrBrandon J YuanOmar M Abu SalehGina A SuhAaron J TandePublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
In patients with NJSA, preoperative antibiotic exposure resulted in a significant decrease in microbiologic yield of operative cultures as compared to patients in whom antibiotic therapy was held prior to obtaining operative cultures.