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Microbiological Profi le of Periprosthetic Knee Infections in a Brazilian Unified Health System Hospital Specialized in Highly Complex Orthopedic Surgeries [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2023
Objective We studied the microbiological profile of periprosthetic knee infections treated in a Brazilian tertiary hospital. Methods The study included all patients undergoing revision surgery for total knee arthroplasty (RTKA) between November 2019 ...
Alan de Paula Mozella, Thales Nunes de Assunção, Hugo Alexandre de Araújo Barros Cobra, Sandra Tie Nishibe Minamoto, Rodrigo Salim, Ana Carolina Leal   +5 more
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Influence of biomaterials on scintigraphic diagnosis of periprosthetic infections. Ceftizoxime-99m technetium model [PDF]

Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2018
Purpose: To compare the influence of two metallic implants in the diagnosis of periprosthetic infection using 99m technetium-labeled ceftizoxime. Methods: Twenty rats were randomly divided into four groups, which received sterile and contaminated ...
Luiz Eduardo Moreira Teixeira, Bruno Jannotti Pádua, André Moreira Castilho, Ivana Duval de Araújo, Marco Antônio Percope de Andrade, Valbert Nascimento Cardoso, Simone Odília Diniz, Jefferson Soares Leal, Isabella Kuniko Takenaka   +8 more
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Impact of rifampicin dose in bone and joint prosthetic device infections due to Staphylococcus spp: a retrospective single-center study in France

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2021
Background Prosthetic joint infections (PJI) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality burden worldwide. While surgical management is well defined, rifampicin (RIF) dose remains controversial.
M. Tonnelier, A. Bouras, C. Joseph, Y. El Samad, B. Brunschweiler, J.-L. Schmit, C. Mabille, J-P Lanoix   +7 more
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Mixed bacterial-fungal infection following total hip arthroplasty: A case report

Chinese Journal of Traumatology, 2022
Prosthetic infection is one of the severe postoperative complications of arthroplasty. Mixed bacterial-fungal prosthetic infection is rare but can be disastrous.
Yang-Jing Lin, Tiao Su, Liu Yang, Guang-Xing Chen   +3 more
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Transcriptomic analysis of Streptococcus agalactiae periprosthetic joint infection

MicrobiologyOpen, 2021
Although Streptococcus agalactiae periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is not as prevalent as staphylococcal PJI, invasive S. agalactiae infection is not uncommon. Here, RNA‐seq was used to perform transcriptomic analysis of S. agalactiae PJI using fluid
Hye‐Kyung Cho, Thao Masters, Kerryl E. Greenwood‐Quaintance, Stephen Johnson, Patricio R. Jeraldo, Nicholas Chia, Meng Pu, Matthew P. Abdel, Robin Patel   +8 more
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Prosthesis infections after orthopedic joint replacement: the possible role of bacterial biofilms

Orthopedic Reviews, 2013
Prosthesis-related infection is a serious complication for patients after orthopedic joint replacement, which is currently difficult to treat with antibiotic therapy. Consequently, in most cases, removal of the infected prosthesis is the only solution to
Zhijun Song, Lotte Borgwardt, Niels Høiby, Hong Wu, Torben Sandberg Sørensen, Arne Borgwardt   +5 more
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Evaluation of ocular prosthesis biofilm and anophthalmic cavity contamination after use of three cleansing solutions

Journal of Applied Oral Science, 2007
In addition to an initial socket discomfort, ocular prosthesis (OP) installation may allow the adherence of fungi and/or bacteria due to the superficial characteristics of the prosthesis' material, use of inadequate cleansing solutions and methods, or ...
Regina Márcia Zuccolotto Felippe Paranhos, Carlos Henrique Batalhão, Marisa Semprini, Simone Cecílio Hallak Regalo, Izabel Yoko Ito, Maria da Glória Chiarello de Mattos   +5 more
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Early periprosthetic infection: dilution, jet dilution or local antibiotics. Which way to go? A meta-analysis on 575 patients

GMS Interdisciplinary Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery DGPW, 2020
Objective: Periprosthetic infections (PPI) after total hip and total knee arthroplasty (THA, TKA) are subdivided into early and late infections. Early PPIs are defined as the occurrence of infection within 6 weeks following the primary surgery.
Vees, Tilman, Hofmann, Gunther O.
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Infection After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Prospective Study of the Addition of Antibiotics to Bone Cement

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia, 2021
Objective The present prospective, randomized and controlled study was conducted with 286 patients submitted to primary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) with the objective of evaluating the efficacy of the addition of antibiotics to bone cement as a way to ...
Hugo Alexandre de Araujo Barros Cobra, Alan de Paula Mozella, Pedro José Labronici, Amanda S. Cavalcanti, João Antonio Matheus Guimarães   +4 more
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Variant Neo-Aortoiliac System Operation Using a Composite Conduit of Silver-Coated Dacron Graft and Autologous Femoral Veins: A Report of Two Cases

Vascular Specialist International, 2021
Aortic prosthesis infection is associated with significant morbidity and mortality rates. The introduction of the neo-aortoiliac system (NAIS) technique offers a new perspective, as a venous conduit is considered an optimal graft in aortic prosthesis ...
Petros K. Chatzigakis, Emmanouil M. Barmparessos, Vasileios C. Katsikas   +2 more
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