Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 2 , Pages 125-132, August 2010

Six weeks of antibiotic treatment is sufficient following surgery for septic arthroplasty☆

  • Louis Bernard

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Bretionneau Hospital, University Hospitals of Tours, France
    • ,
  • Laurence Legout

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Line Zürcher-Pfund

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Richard Stern

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Peter Rohner

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Bacteriology, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Robin Peter

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Mathieu Assal

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Daniel Lew

      Affiliations

    • Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Pierre Hoffmeyer

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Ilker Uçkay

      Affiliations

    • Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals, 4, Rue Gabrielle Perret-Gentil, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 372 3311; fax: +41 22 372 3987.

Accepted 29 May 2010. published online 02 July 2010.

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☆ There are no grants, financial support, financial interests, consultancy, commercial or other associations that could lead to a conflict of interest. All authors state that they have read and approved the manuscript. It has not been published elsewhere nor is it under consideration for publication by another journal. Different parts of the manuscript have been presented orally at the 6th and 10th French National Days of Infectiology, in Nice 2005 and Lyon 2009, respectively, and the Swiss Orthopaedic Congress in Geneva, June 2009.

PII: S0163-4453(10)00153-2

doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2010.05.005

Journal of Infection
Volume 61, Issue 2 , Pages 125-132, August 2010

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