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Prosthetic-Joint Infections [PDF]

open access: possibleNew England Journal of Medicine, 2004
Modern techniques have reduced the frequency of infections that are associated with prosthetic joints, but such infections continue to pose difficult problems in clinical management. Advances in understanding biofilms and the pathogenesis of microbial interactions with the implant have led to more rational approaches to therapy.
Werner Zimmerli   +2 more
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Bone and Joint Infections

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2013
An acute osteoarticular infection in a child is most often hematogenous. The infection manifests as osteomyelitis or septic arthritis. The most common causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus. Medical advice is usually sought within 2 to 6 days from the onset of symptoms. A child with an osteomyelitis in a lower extremity characteristically presents
Heikki Peltola, Markus Pääkkönen
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Bone and Joint Infections

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 2017
1. INTRODUCTIONThe European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) Bone and Joint Infection Guidelines (ESPID Guidelines) are intended for use by health providers who take care of children with bone and joint infection (BJI).
Saavedra-Lozano, Jesus   +11 more
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Prosthetic Joint Infections

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 2005
Success in the treatment of infected orthopedic prosthesis requires the best surgical approach in combination with prolonged optimum targeted antimicrobial therapy. In choosing the surgical option, one must consider the type of infection, condition of the bone stock and soft tissue, the virulence and antimicrobial susceptibility of the pathogen, the ...
Adolf W. Karchmer   +2 more
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Prosthetic Joint Infections

Surgical Clinics of North America, 2014
Prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are often managed by surgical treatment of irrigation and debridement (I&D) in acute infections, and 1-stage or 2-stage exchange arthroplasty in chronic infections. Patients who undergo I&D have had lower success rates compared with patients who undergo exchange arthroplasty, especially if resistant organisms are ...
Snir Heller   +2 more
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