Table 2.

Bactericidal antibiotics vs bacteriostatic antibiotics

Bactericidal antibiotics	Bacteriostatic
Aminoglycosides, cephalosporins, fluoroquinolones, metronidazole, penicillin, vancomycin	Chloramphenicol, clindamycin, erythromycin, sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, trimethoprim

It is important to use local bacteriocidal antibiotics to combat periprosthetic joint infection in single stage revision. The exception is clindamycin where it has been reported to have success in single stage revision for infection.