International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Int. J. Infect. Dis. · Aug 2019
Multicenter StudyThe prognosis of streptococcal prosthetic bone and joint infections depends on surgical management-A multicenter retrospective study.
The optimal treatment of streptococcal prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) is unclear. ⋯ Streptococcal PJIs managed with DAIR have a poor prognosis and S. agalactiae seems to be an independent factor of treatment failure.