Implant Removal in the Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection by Staphylococcus aureus: Outcome and Predictors of Failure in a Large Retrospective Multicenter Study.
Joan Gómez-JunyentJaime Lora-TamayoJosu Baraia-EtxaburuMar Sánchez-SomolinosJose Antonio IribarrenDolors Rodríguez-PardoJulia Praena-SegoviaLuisa SorlíAlberto BahamondeMelchor Riera JaumeAlicia RicoMaria Dolores Del ToroLaura MorataJavier CoboLuis FalguerasNatividad BenitoElena Muñez-RubioAlfredo Jover-SáenzCarles PigrauJavier ArizaOscar MurilloPublished in: Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
In a large multicenter study of S. aureus PJI managed with IRm, failure was low, but mortality significant, especially in cases with acute PJI and underlying conditions, but not associated with the IRm itself. Rifampin efficacy was limited in this setting.