Letters
Prosthetic joint infection
Treatment without long courses of systemic antibiotics
BMJ 2009; 339 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b3052 (Published 28 July 2009) Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3052
- David Harvey, SpR microbiology1,
- Rob Townsend, consultant medical microbiologist1,
- Robert Kerry, consultant orthopaedic surgeon1,
- Ian Stockley, consultant orthopaedic surgeon1
- 1Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield S5 7AU
- rob.townsend{at}sth.nhs.uk
We manage prosthetic joint infection without systemic antibiotics or prolonged hospital admission (or intravenous antibiotics via outpatient intravenous services).1 We target antibiotic treatment to organisms isolated from either a diagnostic aspirate or joint washout (in the case of early infection). At the …
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