Twenty patients with staphylococcal prosthetic joint infections who had been treated with surgical debridement and prosthesis retention, and a combination of rifampicin and fusidic acid were analysed.

The most common treatment for bone infections is antibiotics. But in more severe cases, surgery may sometimes be necessary.

Most methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusstrains have ... is not justified as the first-line medication. Bone and joint infections are rare in Western settings, whereas in the developing ...