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CORR Insights®: Sonication of Antibiotic Spacers Predicts Failure during Two-stage Revision for Prosthetic Knee and Hip Infections

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  1. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1200 N State Street, GNH 3900, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Charalampos G. Zalavras MD, PhD

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This CORR Insights® is a commentary on the article “Sonication of Antibiotic Spacers Predicts Failure during Two-stage Revision for Prosthetic Knee and Hip Infections” by Nelson and colleagues available at: DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3571-4.

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This CORR Insights® comment refers to the article available at DOI: 10.1007/s11999-014-3571-4.

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Zalavras, C.G. CORR Insights®: Sonication of Antibiotic Spacers Predicts Failure during Two-stage Revision for Prosthetic Knee and Hip Infections. Clin Orthop Relat Res 472, 2215–2216 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3645-3

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