Implementation of Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) in Patients with Complicated Periprosthetic Joint Infections.

Periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) are a serious complication of arthroplasty with high morbidity. With growing bacterial resistance and limited disposability of oral antibiotics with sufficient bioavailability, the need for intravenous antibiotic application is raising. This causes long-term hospital stays and rising costs.