Ongoing suppression prevents relapse in streptococcal periprosthetic joint infection: A prospective long-term cohort study
Suppression therapy significantly improves long-term outcome in streptococcal PJI. While suppression effectively prevents streptococcal reinfections during treatment, the risk of recurrence reemerges after discontinuation.
Authors
- V. Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8070-1346)
- Carsten Perka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0993-581X)
- Nora Renz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8011-6684)
- Andrej Trampuž (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5219-2521)
- Sebastian Meller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9457-6187)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (AU)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
- Freie Universität Berlin (DE)
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Infection
- Published
- 2025-02-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2025.106437
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02