Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) still remains a significant problem. In line with the forecasted
rise in joint replacement procedures, the number of cases of PJI is also anticipated to rise …

Background Blood loss occurs significantly more frequently during total hip and knee
arthroplasty than among any other type of orthopedic operation, which can sometimes lead …

Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and the
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). This work represents an update to …

The current risk of infection in contemporary total knee arthroplasty (TKA) as well as the
relative importance of risk factors remains under debate as a result of the rarity of the …

Periprosthetic joint infection is one of the most challenging complications of total joint
arthroplasty. We evaluated the incidence of early-onset (less than 2 years) and late-onset …

Background: Synovial biomarkers have recently been adopted as diagnostic tools for
periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), but their utility is uncertain. The purpose of this systematic …

The Control of Infection Committee at a specialist orthopaedic hospital prospectively
collected data on all episodes of bacteriologically-proven deep infection arising after primary …

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 …

Despite the worldwide success achieved by total hip arthroplasty (THA), this procedure is
nonetheless associated with a variety of complications that could have deleterious outcomes …

Biofilms are aggregates formed as a protective survival state by microorganisms to adapt to
the environment and can be resistant to antimicrobial agents and host immune responses …