Case Series
Continuous Local Antibiotics Perfusion Therapy for Acute Deep Infections after Open Fractures
Table 1
Characteristics of current series of patients with musculoskeletal infection, treated with CLAP.
| Patient number | Age/gender | Location | Causation | Osteosynthesis | Implant care | Microbiology | Time to occurrence of infection after initial surgery or injury (days) |
| 1 | 22/male | Calcaneus | G3A open fracture | Pinning | Retention | A. hydrophila | 2 | 2 | 19/male | Distal tibia | G3C open fracture | External fixation | Retention | Corynebacterium | 21 | 3 | 35/male | Distal tibia | G3A open fracture | Plate fixation | Retention | MSSA | 7 | 4 | 48/female | Foot | G3B open fracture-dislocation | Conservative | Not applicable | MSSA | 7 | 5 | 59/female | Ankle | G3A open fracture-dislocation | Plate fixation | Retention | MSSA | 29 | 6 | 91/male | Patellar | G3B open fracture | Conservative | Not applicable | S. maltophilia A. hydrophila | 5 |
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CLAP: continuous local antibiotic perfusion; G3: Gustilo type 3; A. hydrophila: Aeromonas hydrophila; MSSA: methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; S. maltophilia: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
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