Excellent diagnostic characteristics for ultrafast gene profiling of DEFA1-IL1B-LTF in detection of prosthetic joint infections [PDF]
, 2017 The timely and exact diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is crucial for surgical decision-making. Intraoperatively, delivery of the result within an hour is required.
Demuth HB +8 more
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Low sensitivity of implant sonication when screening for infection in revision surgery
Acta Orthopaedica, 2017 Background and purpose — Prosthetic-joint infection (PJI) is the most serious complication of arthroplasty, and accurate identification of a potentially responsible microorganism is essential for successful antibiotic treatment.
Floor M Van Diek +4 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 +4 more
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An unusual cause of prosthetic joint infection: Mycobacterium tuberculosis [PDF]
Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2012 Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a rare cause of prosthetic joint infection. Early diagnosis is critical for a good treatment response.Here, we report a case of prosthetic joint infection due to M.tuberculosis.
Bilgül Mete +8 more
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Brucella melitensis prosthetic joint infection [PDF]
Journal of Bone and Joint Infection, 2017 Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) due to Brucella spp. is rare. We report a case in a 75-year-old man and review 29 additional cases identified in a literature search.
D. Flury +4 more
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Outcomes of total hip arthroplasty, as a salvage procedure, following failed internal fixation of intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]
, 2016 AIMS: The optimal management of intracapsular fractures of the femoral neck in independently mobile patients remains open to debate. Successful fixation obviates the limitations of arthroplasty for this group of patients.
Archibeck MJ +21 more
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Osseointegrated prostheses for rehabilitation following amputation : The pioneering Swedish model. [PDF]
, 2017 The direct attachment of osseointegrated (OI) prostheses to the skeleton avoids the inherent problems of socket suspension. It also provides physiological weight bearing, improved range of motion in the proximal joint, as well as osseoperceptive sensory ...
Brånemark, Rickard, Li, Yan
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Prosthetic joint infection: state-of-the-art
Современная ревматология, 2013 In current clinical practice, joint replacement is one of the progressive and permanently developed surgical treatments in patients with locomotor injury of any genesis. However, the upward trend in the number of replacements is inevitably accompanied by
Boris Sergeyevich Belov
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Prosthetic joint infection caused by Granulicatella adiacens: a case series and review of literature
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2017 Background Bone and joint infection involving Granulicatella adiacens is rare, and mainly involved in cases of bacteremia and infectious endocarditis. Here we report three cases of prosthetic joint infection involving G.
Fanny Quénard +4 more
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A rare case of Prosthetic Joint Infection associated with Coxiella burnetii
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2019 We report here the case of a Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI) associated with Coxiella burnetii in a 62-year-old man with a revised total hip arthroplasty.
Rachel Chenouard +10 more
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