Response to: 'Short duration antibiotic therapy for native joint arthritis cause by Neisseria infection?' by Durcours et al

Affiliations

¹ Infectiology, Uniklinik Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland ilker.uckay@balgrist.ch.
² Hand Surgery Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

Comment

Ilker Uçkay et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Nov.

. 2022 Nov;81(11):e231.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218882. Epub 2020 Sep 28.

¹ Infectiology, Uniklinik Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland ilker.uckay@balgrist.ch.
² Hand Surgery Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: arthritis; infectious; orthopedic procedures; therapeutics.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Two weeks versus four weeks of antibiotic therapy after surgical drainage for native joint bacterial arthritis: a prospective, randomised, non-inferiority trial.
Gjika E, Beaulieu JY, Vakalopoulos K, Gauthier M, Bouvet C, Gonzalez A, Morello V, Steiger C, Hirsiger S, Lipsky BA, Uçkay I. Gjika E, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Aug;78(8):1114-1121. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215116. Epub 2019 Apr 16. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019. PMID: 30992295 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
Short duration antibiotic therapy for native joint arthritis caused by Neisseria infection?
Ducours M, El-Hout S, Desclaux A, Dutronc H, Deltombe T, Fauthoux T, Vercruysse F, Kostine M, Cazanave C. Ducours M, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Nov;81(11):e230. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-218835. Epub 2020 Sep 28. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022. PMID: 32988840 No abstract available.