Table 3.
Characteristics of Treatment and Outcome of 98 Patients With Total Hip or Knee Prosthesis Infection Due to Staphylococcus aureus
| Variable | Rifampin treatment (n = 68) |
No Rifampin treatment (n = 30) |
P | ||
| Fluoroquinolone combinations (n = 39) | Other rifampin combinations (n = 29) | Linezolid monotherapy (n = 11) | Other treatment (n = 19) | ||
| Debridement-retention (n = 41) | 15/16 (93.8) | 10/15 (66.7) | 3/3 (100) | 4/7 (57.1) | .11 |
| One-stage replacement (n = 14) | 6/6 (100) | 5/5 (100) | 1/1 (100) | 2/2 (100) | … |
| Two-stage replacement (n = 26) | 12/12 (100) | 6/9 (66.7) | 4/4 (100) | 0/1 (0) | .01 |
| Arthroplastic resection (n = 9) | 1/1 (100) | 0 | 1/3 (33.3) | 2/5 (40) | … |
| Arthrodesis (n = 8) | 3/4 (75) | 0 | 0 | 2/4 (50) | … |
| Total | 37/39 (94.8) | 21/29 (72.4) | 9/11 (81.8) | 10/19 (52.6) | .002 |
NOTE. Data are proportion (%) of patients with remission.