Antibiotic prophylaxis and incidence of infection following elbow arthroplasty: a nationwide study
Most centers used cloxacillin antibiotic prophylaxis for elbow arthroplasty. The incidence of PJI was 3.6%. The most frequent diagnosed pathogen was Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Authors
- Hanna Björnsson Hallgren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2193-1165)
- Björn Salomonsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3437-7290)
- Oskar Ljungquist (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2951-1309)
- Lars Adolfsson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7873-3093)
- Anne Dettmer
- Johan Wänström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4215-3884)
Institutions
- Linköping University (SE)
- Lund University (SE)
- Örebro University (SE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Helsingborgs lasarett (SE)
- Ryhov Hospital Jönköping (SE)
- Linköping University Hospital (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Orthopaedica
- Published
- 2025-03-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2025.43288
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01