Implant-associated infections (IAIs) pose serious threats to patients and can be associated
with significant morbidity and mortality. These infections may be difficult to diagnose due, in …

Addressing the existing problem in the microbiological diagnosis of infections associated
with implants and the current debate about the real power of precision of sonicated fluid …

Background and purpose Revision due to infection, as reported to the Norwegian
Arthroplasty Register (NAR), is a surrogate endpoint to periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). We …

Staphylococcus epidermidis is part of the commensal microbiota of the skin and mucous
membranes, though it can also act as a pathogen in certain scenarios, causing a range of …

Background Differences between the bacterial culture results of the preoperative fluid,
intraoperative tissue, and sonication fluid of implants in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint …

As neurosurgery has advanced technologically, more and more neurosurgical implants are
being employed on an aging patient population with several comorbidities. As a result, there …

Background Metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) is a culture-independent
massively parallel DNA sequencing technology and it has been widely used for rapid …

The prevention of biofilm formation on orthopedic implants is essential, as biofilms are the
main challenge in the effective treatment of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). A silver …

Technological and implant design advances have helped reduce the frequency of aseptic
total joint arthroplasty failure, but periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) remain a clinical …

Biofilm formation is a serious problem that relatively often causes complications in
orthopedic surgery. Biofilm-forming pathogens invade implanted foreign bodies and …