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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 +5 more
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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 +7 more
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Silicon breast implants’ texture affecting bacterial biofilm formation [PDF]
Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2022 Introduction/Objective. The most important etiologic factors for both, capsular contracture (CC) and breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL) is subclinical infection, defined as a response of an organism on presence of biofilm
Marinković Marija +4 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 +8 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 +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 +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 +5 more
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Infection in prosthetic material [PDF]
, 2015 Surgical site infection (SSI) occurs when a wound created as part of a surgical procedure becomes infected. SSI is one of the most common healthcare-associated infections and occurs in approximately 5% of patients undergoing a surgical procedure. SSI may
Chetter, Ian, Smith, George
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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 +4 more
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Complications of Resection Arthroplasty in Two-Stage Revision for the Treatment of Periprosthetic Hip Joint Infection [PDF]
, 2019 Little data is available regarding complications associated with resection arthroplasty in the treatment of hip periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). We assessed complications during and after two-stage revision using resection arthroplasty.
Perka, Carsten +5 more
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