Daptomycin treatment in patients with resistant staphylococcal periprosthetic joint infection

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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with resistant staphylococcal periprosthetic joint infection

Patient	Weight (Kg)	Prosthesis type	Tsukayama classification^a	Surgical procedure
1	50	TKA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
2	60	TKA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
3	77	TKA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
4	60	THA	II	DAIR^b
5	65	TKA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
6	47	THA	II	DAIR^b
7	60	TKA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
8	70	TKA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
9	50	TKA	III	DAIR^b
10	79	THA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
11	50	THA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
12	75	THA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
13	68	TKA	III	DAIR^b
14	60	THA	IV	two-stage reimplantation
15	61	TKA	II	DAIR^b
16	47	THA	IV	two-stage reimplantation

^aDAIR: debridement, antibiotics, irrigation, prosthesis retention
^bTsukayama classification system: type I, intraoperative positive culture; type II, acute infections; type III, hematogenous infections; type IV, chronic infections

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