Deep infections after low-velocity ballistic tibia fractures are frequently polymicrobial and recalcitrant
Chintalapudi N, Fram B, Odum S, Seymour R, Karunakar M, , Hsu J, Kempton L, Phelps K, Sims S, Medda S, Sweeney J, Hickson K, Young C, Kamath P. Deep infections after low-velocity ballistic tibia fractures are frequently polymicrobial and recalcitrant. OTA International The Open Access Journal Of Orthopaedic Trauma 2024, 7: e345. PMID: 39363953, PMCID: PMC11449420, DOI: 10.1097/oi9.0000000000000345.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexDeep infection rateTibia fracturesDeep infectionCephalosporin prophylaxisMass indexMedian body mass indexIsolated organismsFracture-related infectionAssociated with deep infectionLocal antibiotic treatmentSigns of infectionInfection rateAntibiotic prophylaxisSurgical characteristicsIntraoperative culturesPerioperative prophylaxisPolymicrobial infectionsNo significant differenceProphylactic cefazolinAntibiotic treatmentRecalcitrant infectionsTreatment optionsProphylaxisRisk factors
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