Prosthetic joint infection following total hip replacement

Is the prognosis the same for periprosthetic joint infections due to Staphylococcus aureus versus coagulase-negative staphylococci? A retrospective study of 101 patients with 2-year minimum follow-up

“…This is the first published study to compare the result of revisions for PJI due to different Staphylococcus species. Various studies have analysed the healing rate based on the type of procedure (single-or two-phase revision), antibiotic therapy, type of surgical procedure (conservative or revision), and resistant or susceptible nature of the microorganism [1,9,18,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]. Vielpeau et al [32] [33] also evaluated the healing rate after conservative surgical treatment (lavage, debridement) of THA and TKA infections; they found no differences between the two microorganisms.…”