Letter to the editor concerning the review of Prof. Sheldon L. Kaplan "Recent lessons for the management of bone and joint infections"--Bacteriostatic or bactericidal agents in osteoarticular infections?
Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Michael
M
Betz
Infection Control Program, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Caroline
C
Landelle
Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Service of Infectious Diseases, University of Oxford, UK.
Benjamin A
BA
Lipsky
Orthopaedic Surgery Service, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Infection Control Program, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, University of Geneva, Switzerland; Service of Infectious Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals & Medical School, University of Geneva, Switzerland. Electronic address: ilker.uckay@hcuge.ch.
Ilker
I
Uçkay
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000453:epidemiology*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
Osteoarticular infections; antibiotic therapy; bactericidal; bacteriostatic; infection remission