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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
Dataimport Tiedonsiirto   +3 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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Prosthetic joint infection

Current Infectious Disease Reports, 1999
Total joint replacement has been one of the most remarkable successes of modern medical technology. Once John Charnley had solved the problems of implant design, choice of materials, implant fixation, and infection (initial rates of infection were approximately 10%), the way was clear for the widespread use of this valuable treatment, which is highly ...
Anthony R. Berendt, Peter McLardy-Smith
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Periprosthetic joint infection

The Lancet, 2016
Periprosthetic joint infections are a devastating complication after arthroplasty and are associated with substantial patient morbidity. More than 25% of revisions are attributed to these infections, which are expected to increase. The increased prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and other comorbidities are some of the reasons for this increase ...
Bhaveen H. Kapadia   +5 more
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A standardized interdisciplinary algorithm for the treatment of prosthetic joint infections: OUTCOME IN A CENTRALIZED AND SPECIALIZED DEPARTMENT

The Bone & Joint Journal, 2019
Aims In 2013, we introduced a specialized, centralized, and interdisciplinary team in our institution that applied a standardized diagnostic and treatment algorithm for the management of prosthetic joint infections (PJIs).
Daniel Karczewski   +6 more
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Prosthetic joint infection

Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 2005
Infection is the second most common cause of prosthetic joint failure. Signs and symptoms associated with prosthetic joint infection may develop weeks or even years following arthroplasty. While some patients with prosthetic joint infection present with findings consistent with acute septic arthritis, many present with pain alone.
Paloma Anguita-Alonso   +2 more
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Review of Guidelines for Dental Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Prevention of Endocarditis and Prosthetic Joint Infections and Need for Dental Stewardship.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
Dentists prescribe 10% of all outpatient antibiotic prescriptions, writing more than 25.7 million prescriptions per year. Many are for prophylaxis in patients with prosthetic joint replacements; the American Dental Society states "in general ...
D. Goff   +5 more
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Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection

The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2014
Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), one of the major causes of failure of total joint arthroplasty, continues to pose a challenge. One of the major reasons is the lack of a ''gold standard'' to distinguish between septic and aseptic failure.
B. Zmistowski   +29 more
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Infection of bone and joint

Surgery (Oxford), 2006
Abstract Infection of bone and joint had a mortality of about 40% before the introduction of antibiotics. Early diagnosis and treatment are the most important factors in obtaining a good outcome.
Simon J. Bennet, George C. Bennet
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