The Journal of Arthroplasty, PAPER #39| VOLUME 23, ISSUE 2, P323, FEBRUARY 01, 2008

The Effect of Prophylactic Preoperative Intravenous Antibiotics on Intraoperative Cultures in Infected Total Knee Arthroplasty: a Prospective Clinical Trial

R. Stephen J. Burnett, MD, FRCS(C) Ajay Aggarwal, MD Stephanie A. Givens, RN J. Thomas McClure, MD Robert L. Barrack, MD

Knee

A prospective study was undertaken to determine whether prophylactic preoperative intravenous (IV) antibiotics would affect the results of cultures obtained intraoperatively.

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