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Medicine, 2013 Abstract Bone and joint infections (BJI) are serious. They may be life-threatening or, more commonly, associated with long-term disability and reduced quality of life. The spectrum of disease has changed over time and the proportion of iatrogenic disease caused by prosthetic joints is increasing annually.
Esther Robinson +3 more
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Virulence, 2021 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen of canine origin that causes an array of fatal diseases, including bacteremia and endocarditis.
Dorothea Bünsow +6 more
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The Safety and Efficacy of Phage Therapy for Bone and Joint Infections: A Systematic Review
Antibiotics, 2020 Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has catalysed interest in alternative antimicrobial strategies. Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses of bacteria with a long history of successful therapeutic use. Phage therapy is a promising antibacterial strategy for
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Prosthetic Joint Infection [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology Reviews, 2014 SUMMARY Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a tremendous burden for individual patients as well as the global health care industry. While a small minority of joint arthroplasties will become infected, appropriate recognition and management are critical to preserve or restore adequate function and prevent excess morbidity.
Robin Patel, Aaron J. Tande
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Recent in vitro studies reported the exceptional ability of some bacterial species to form biofilm-like aggregates in human and animal synovial fluids (SF), but evidences from infected clinical samples are still lacking.
Alessandro Bidossi +3 more
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Fungal Periprosthetic Hip Joint Infections
Diagnostics, 2022 Introduction: Fungal hip prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are rare but severe infections. Their incidence has increased in the last decades due to the aging population, as well as due to the increased number of immunosuppressed hosts.
Christos Koutserimpas +7 more
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Diagnosis and management of sternoclavicular joint infections: a literature review
Journal of Thoracic Disease, 2020 The sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) is anatomically and clinically significant considering its proximity to important neuro-vascular structures like the subclavian vessels and the phrenic nerve.
Sadia Tasnim +2 more
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Non-Candida Fungal Prosthetic Joint Infections
Diagnostics, 2021 Background: Fungal prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) are rare, especially those caused by non-Candida species. Treatment has not been fully elucidated, since a plethora of antifungal and surgical interventions have been proposed.
Christos Koutserimpas +7 more
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Antibiotics, 2020 The need for bone and joint prostheses is currently growing due to population aging, leading to an increase in prosthetic joint infection cases. Biofilms represent an adaptive and quite common bacterial response to several stress factors which confer an ...
Fabien Lamret +4 more
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Bone and joint infections of the hand [PDF]
Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2020 Little guidance is currently available for standardized diagnostic protocols and therapeutic recommendations for bone and joint infections (BJIs) of the hand.To summarize the available data in the scientific English-language literature on the diagnosis and treatment of native BJIs of the hand. To illustrate these concepts from a narrative point of view
Parham Sendi +4 more
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