“…The treatment of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) includes different surgical approaches involving debridement and prosthesis retention as well as one-stage exchange or twostage exchange, and medical systemic treatment can vary greatly regarding length and substances used (Osmon et al, 2013b;Anemuller et al, 2019;de Beaubien et al, 2019) with successful shorter-term courses (Winkler et al, 2019) described as being contrasted by long-time antibiotic suppression treatment in severe, complicated cases (Siqueira et al, 2015;Wouthuyzen-Bakker et al, 2017;Leijtens et al, 2019). Furthermore, microbiological results are changing with increasing prevalence of resistant strains (Drago et al, 2017;De Vecchi et al, 2018), particularly methicillinresistant (MR) coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CoNS) now being the main pathogen detected (Lourtet-Hascoet et al, 2018;Hipfl et al, 2019;Tevell et al, 2019). In this context, linezolid is a potential antimicrobial treatment option addressing resistant Staphylococcus (Deroche et al, 2019) as well as reducing the need for long-term inpatient treatment given its excellent oral bioavailability (Kutscha-Lissberg et al, 2003).…”