Preoperative Antibiotic Therapy Decreased Microbiologic Culture Yield In Patients With Native Joint Septic Arthritis, Study Finds

Healio (4/12, Stulpin) reported, “Preoperative antibiotic exposure led to a significant decrease in microbiologic yield of operative cultures among patients with native joint septic arthritis, researchers found.” Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, “the study showed that yield significantly decreased among the patients who received preoperative antibiotics, with 68% POC being positive before surgery and 57.1% OC remaining positive after antibiotic exposure (P < .001).”