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Infection after TKR

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 7 7:29am | Replies (26)
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@cindiwass

Glad you trust him, that's important. I just wonder about lifetime antibiotics, if the infection is gone why would you need them? I'm sure you're eating, etc., properly to enhance your body's coping mechanism.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | May 24, 2022

So joint infections may seem to go away, but often lurk in the fluid or soft tissue waiting to pounce the moment your resistance falters due to a virus, stress, surgery, etc. In order to preserve the joint long term antibiotics may be used.

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