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Debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention in infected shoulder arthroplasty caused by Serratia marcescens: a case report [PDF]

Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow, 2022
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most devastating complications that can occur after shoulder arthroplasty. Although staged revision arthroplasty is the standard treatment in many cases, surgical intervention with debridement ...
Sungjoon Lim, Jun-Bum Lee, Myoung Yeol Shin, In-Ho Jeon   +3 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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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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Thermal Shock and Ciprofloxacin Act Orthogonally on Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms

Antibiotics, 2021
Bacterial biofilm infections are a major liability of medical implants, due to their resistance to both antibiotics and host immune response. Thermal shock can kill established biofilms, and some evidence suggests antibiotics may enhance this efficacy ...
Haydar Aljaafari, Yuejia Gu, Hannah Chicchelly, Eric Nuxoll   +3 more
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Leriche Syndrome with Digital Gangrene: Is Aortic Bypass Grafting Safe in Intravenous Drug Abusers? A Case Report and Literature Review

Vascular Specialist International, 2022
A 47-year-old male with Leriche syndrome presented with digital gangrene due to TASC II type-D occlusion of the distal aorta and common iliac arteries.
Syed Muhammad Hammad Ali, Ossama Ather, Aasim Malik   +2 more
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Case Series of Silver Oxide–Containing Hydroxyapatite Coating in Antibacterial Cementless Total Hip Arthroplasty: Clinical Results of 50 Cases at 5-Year Follow-Up

Arthroplasty Today, 2023
Background: Prosthetic joint infection, which is caused by implant treatment, is a severe complication. Consequently, silver-containing hydroxyapatite (Ag-HA)-coated implants have been developed to prevent prosthetic joint infection by combining Ag with ...
Shunsuke Kawano, MD, PhD, Masaya Ueno, MD, PhD, Masanori Fujii, MD, PhD, Daisuke Mawatari, MD, Masaaki Mawatari, MD, PhD   +4 more
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Bacteriophage Therapy for Clinical Biofilm Infections: Parameters That Influence Treatment Protocols and Current Treatment Approaches

Antibiotics, 2020
Biofilm infections are extremely difficult to treat, which is secondary to the inability of conventional antibiotics to eradicate biofilms. Consequently, current definitive treatment of biofilm infections requires complete removal of the infected ...
James B. Doub
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Treatment of a Gustilo-Anderson type II open tibia shaft fracture with an ultrathin silver plasma-coated plate: A case report

Trauma Case Reports, 2022
The treatment of open tibia fractures with plate fixation bears a high risk for the development of a fracture-related infection. Here we present a case of an 80-year-old female with a Gustilo-Anderson type II open distal tibial shaft fracture with an ...
Volker Alt, Christian Pfeifer, Markus Rupp, Nike Walter   +3 more
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Additional file 1 of Reliability of circulating fibrinogen in the diagnosis of prosthesis-related infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

, 2021
Additional file 1. Detailed search strategy.
Zhu, Xingyang, Zhang, Haitao, Sun, Xiaobo, Li, Yijin, Li, Jiahao, Zeng, Yuqing, Deng, Peng, Qi, Xinyu, Chen, Jinlun, Ye, Pengcheng, Feng, Wenjun, Li, Jie, Zeng, Jianchun, Zeng, Yirong   +13 more
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Epidemiological characteristics of nosocomial bloodstream infections and their causes [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2006
Background/Aim. Nosocomial bloodstream infections (BSI) contribute to grater morbidity and mortality rates, as well as to increasing length of hospital stay and health care costs.
Šuljagić Vesna, Mirović Veljko
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