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Diagnosis Of Persistent Infection In Prosthetic Two-Stage Exchange: PCR analysis of Sonication fluid From Bone Cement Spacers

, 2017
. Introduction: When treating periprosthetic joint infections with a two-stage procedure, antibiotic-impregnated spacers are used in the interval between removal of prosthesis and reimplantation. According to our experience, cultures of sonicated spacers
Ulrika Furustrand Tafin, Olivier Borens, Sandrine Mariaux, Tafin, U.F., Borens, O., Mariaux, S.   +5 more
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Musculoskeletal health among adults with cerebral palsy: A systematic review

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Abstract Aim To describe the burden of, and investigate prognostic factors for, osteoarthritis, osteopenia and/or osteoporosis, spondylosis, and fracture, and to investigate the effectiveness of protocols for monitoring musculoskeletal disorders and interventions for managing osteoarthritis in adults with cerebral palsy (CP).
Jennifer M. Ryan, Jessica Burke, Rachel Byrne, Emily Capellari, Christina M Marciniak, Maram Sofiany, Reuel Jalal, Mark Peterson, The Adult CP Clinical Practice Guideline Working Group, Jan Willem Gorter, Ashley Harris Whaley, Christine Imms   +11 more
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Rapid Nanopore Sequencing to Identify Bacteria Causing Prosthetic Joint Infections

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: The diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection remains difficult. Microbiological cultures frequently have false-positive and false-negative results.
Hollie Wilkinson, Karina Wright, Helen S. McCarthy, Jade Perry, Charlotte Hulme, Niall Steele, Benjamin Burston, Rob Townsend, Paul Cool   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Periprosthetic joint infection: are patients with multiple prosthetic joints at risk?

, 2012
Patients who present with a periprosthetic joint infection in a single joint may have multiple prosthetic joints. The risk of these patients developing a subsequent infection in another prosthetic joint is unknown.
Casper, David S, Parvizi, Javad, Jafari, S Mehdi, Zmistowski, Benjamin, Sharkey, Peter F, Restrepo, Camilo   +5 more
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TRIVIAL DENTAL: A Serious Board Game for Knowledge Consolidation in Dental Students Transitioning to Clinical Training

European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The transition from preclinical education to clinical training represents a critical stage in dental curricula, requiring students to consolidate theoretical knowledge while preparing for clinical decision‐making. In this context, serious games have emerged as an innovative approach to promote active and collaborative learning ...
Vanessa‐Tévy Hansotte, Olivier Charleux, Aline Hartmann, Adeline Braud, Caroline Mocquot   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Prosthetic Knee Joint Infection Secondary to Granulicatella adiacens: A Case Report

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Granulicatella adiacens is an uncommon cause of prosthetic joint infection (PJI). Here, we report a case of Granulicatella adiacens prosthetic knee joint infection in a patient who was previously managed for Granulicatella bacteremia 10 months earlier ...
Edward Lovering, Farhang Alaee, Michelle Bahrain   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A guide to the ecological limitations of phage therapy of bacterial biofilms: Is what's best for the phage best for the physician?

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Bacteriophages—viruses that kill bacteria—are promising weapons against bacterial biofilms: sessile communities notoriously resistant to antibiotics. Yet phages evolved not so much to eradicate bacteria as to obtain new bacteria to infect. That goal, however, may conflict with the physician's objective of complete bacterial clearance.
Stephen T. Abedon
wiley   +1 more source

Pasteurella multocida cellulitis and possible septic arthritis of the knee after exposure to dog saliva after a recent total knee arthroplasty

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2017
Prosthetic joint replacement occurs frequently. Complications of prosthetic joint replacements include bleeding, mechanical disruption, persistent pain, and infection.
Natallia Suvorava, Leopoldo Dobronski, Richard Winn   +2 more
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Infectiological, functional, and radiographic outcome after revision for prosthetic hip infection according to a strict algorithm

, 2010
Successful treatment of prosthetic hip joint infection (PI) means elimination of infection and restored hip function. However, functional outcome is rarely studied.
De Man, F Harald R, Peter E Ochsner, Werner Zimmerli, Ochsner, Peter E., Sendi, Parham, Thomas Ilchmann, Zimmerli, Werner, Maurer, Thomas B, F Harald R De Man, Maurer, Thomas B., Parham Sendi, Ilchmann, Thomas, De Man, F. Harald R., Ochsner, Peter E, Thomas B Maurer   +14 more
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Grading in Gerodontology: A Framework

Gerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Understanding and anticipating oral health deterioration in older adults requires more than describing their current oral and general health. Risk factors arising from oral, systemic and social domains strongly influence disease progression, care complexity and the ability to maintain function over time.
Falk Schwendicke, Gerry McKenna, Frauke Müller, Azize Bell, Najla Chebib, Cristiane Da Mata, Helena Dujic, Jennifer Gallagher, Barbara Janssens, Danielle M. Layton, Manabu Kanazawa, Anastassia Kossioni, Sabrina Maniewicz, Koichiro Matsuo, Pedro Molinero Mourelle, Annika Neri, Takahiro Ono, Sungkrit Pojmonpiti, Foteini Spyraki, Kittipit Srisanoi, Saif S. Syed, Sayaka Tada, Georgios Tsakos, Terry R. Walton, W. Murray Thomson, Jean‐Philippe Haesler, Sophie Dartevelle, Murali Srinivasan   +27 more
wiley   +1 more source