The use of rifampin in staphylococcal orthopaedic-device-related infections

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¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland; Interdisciplinary Unit for Orthopaedic Infections, Kantonsspital Baselland, University of Basel, Liestal, Switzerland.
² Interdisciplinary Unit for Orthopaedic Infections, Kantonsspital Baselland, University of Basel, Liestal, Switzerland. Electronic address: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.10.002. Epub 2016 Oct 13.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Switzerland; Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland; Interdisciplinary Unit for Orthopaedic Infections, Kantonsspital Baselland, University of Basel, Liestal, Switzerland.
² Interdisciplinary Unit for Orthopaedic Infections, Kantonsspital Baselland, University of Basel, Liestal, Switzerland. Electronic address: werner.zimmerli@unibas.ch.

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Keywords: Biofilm; Orthopaedic-device-related infection; Resistance; Rifampin; Staphylococci.

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