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Treatment options in PJI – is two-stage still gold standard?

Journal of Orthopaedics, 2021
Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is a successful treatment for osteoarthritis with good clinical outcomes 1,2. Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in TKA has a low incidence between 0.5 and 3% but it is nevertheless one of the most dreadful complications 3-6.
Igor, Lazic, Christian, Scheele, Florian, Pohlig, Rüdiger, von Eisenhart-Rothe, Christian, Suren   +4 more
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Superinfection with Difficult-to-Treat Pathogens Significantly Reduces the Outcome of Periprosthetic Joint Infections

Antibiotics, 2021
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication after total joint arthroplasty. In the course of a PJI, superinfections with pathogens that do not match the primary infecting micro-organism may occur.
Ali Darwich, Franz-Joseph Dally, Khaled Abu Olba, Elisabeth Mohs, Sascha Gravius, Svetlana Hetjens, Elio Assaf, Mohamad Bdeir   +7 more
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Enterococcal periprosthetic joint infection: clinical and microbiological findings from an 8-year retrospective cohort study [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Treatment of enterococcal periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) is challenging due to non-standardized management strategies and lack of biofilm-active antibiotics. The optimal surgical and antimicrobial therapy are unknown.
Akgün, Doruk, Perka, Carsten, Renz, Nora, Trampuz, Andrej, Trebse, Rihard   +4 more
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Topical Application of Vancomycin Powder to Prevent Infections after Massive Bone Resection and the implantation of Megaprostheses in Orthopaedic Oncology Surgery [PDF]

Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
Introduction: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) represents a serious burden in orthopaedic oncology. Through the years, several local expedients have been proposed to minimise the risk of periprosthetic infection. In this study, we report our outcomes
Andreani L, Ipponi E, Varchetta G, Ruinato AD, De-Franco S, Campo FR, D'Arienzo A   +6 more
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Cefazolin Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty: Obese Patients Are Frequently Underdosed and at Increased Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection [PDF]

, 2018
Background One of the most effective prophylactic strategies against periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is administration of perioperative antibiotics. Many orthopedic surgeons are unaware of the weight-based dosing protocol for cefazolin.
Greenky, Max R., Kheir, Michael M., Parvisi, Javad, Rondon, Alexander J., Shohat, Noam, Tan, Timothy L.   +5 more
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Prevention of Late PJI

The Journal of Arthroplasty, 2014
The definition of late PJI is variable in literature. Majority of the members of the consensus felt that any infection occurring after one year should be considered as late. Coventry defined stages of PJI, where Stage I is an acute infection that occurred within 3 months of the index procedure, Stage II is a delayed infection that occurred between 3 ...
Chen, A, Haddad, F, Lachiewicz, P, Bolognesi, M, Cortes, LE, Franceschini, M, Gallo, J, Glynn, A, Della, Valle, Gahramanov, A, Khatod, M, Lazarinis, S, Lob, G, Nana, A, Ochsner, P, Tuncay, İBRAHİM, Winkler, T, Zeng, Y   +17 more
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Clinical Outcomes of Culture‐Negative and Culture‐Positive Periprosthetic Joint Infection: Similar Success Rate, Different Incidence of Complications

Orthopaedic Surgery, 2022
Objective To compare the clinical outcomes of culture‐negative periprosthetic joint infection (CN PJI) with those of culture‐positive periprosthetic joint infection (CP PJI). Methods This study retrospectively examined data from 77 patients who underwent
Zhiyang Xu, Changyu Huang, Yiming Lin, Yongfa Chen, Xinyu Fang, Zida Huang, Chaofan Zhang, Zhenzhen Zhang, Wenming Zhang   +8 more
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Possibilities of latent PJI detection in revision knee arthroplasty

Genij Ortopedii, 2021
Abstract. Introduction The paper presents a comparative analysis of routine screening methods and the EBJIS 2021 algorithm in detection of latent periprosthetic joint infection in patients admitted for revision knee arthroplasty due to aseptic loosening and after spacer implantation.
Alexander N. Panteleev, Svetlana A. Bozhkova, Petr M. Preobrazhensky, Alexander V. Kazemirsky   +3 more
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Medical innovations to maintain the function in patients with chronic PJI for whom explantation is not desirable: a pathophysiology-, multidisciplinary-, and experience-based approach

SICOT-J, 2020
Introduction: PJI is the most dramatic complication after joint arthroplasty. In patients with chronic infection, prosthesis exchange is in theory the rule.
Ferry Tristan, Batailler Cécile, Brosset Sophie, Kolenda Camille, Goutelle Sylvain, Sappey-Marinier Elliot, Josse Jérôme, Laurent Frédéric, Lustig Sébastien   +8 more
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Streptococcus bovis Hip and Knee Periprosthetic Joint Infections: A Series of 9 Cases [PDF]

Journal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2020
Introduction: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) due to Streptococcus bovis group (SBG), specifically S. bovis biotype I (S. gallolyticus), is rare and associated with colorectal carcinoma. Little has been published regarding SBG PJI.
J. C. Thompson, A. H. Goldman, A. J. Tande, D. R. Osmon, D. R. Osmon, R. J. Sierra   +5 more
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