Infection News

According to published results, patients with periprosthetic joint infection within 1 year after total hip arthroplasty may be at a significantly increased risk for mortality within 10 years after index THA.

Nasal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus accounted for most postoperative staph infections in a large cohort of adults who underwent surgery, according to a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.

Use of a tourniquet may reduce local tissue concentrations of cefazolin, which could increase the risk of periprosthetic joint infection for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty, according to published data.

In this video from the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting, Carl A. Deirmengian, MD, discussed results that showed unsupervised machine learning may be able to accurately classify synovial fluid samples by infection status.

Presented results showed patients with periprosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty may have similar rates of mortality compared with those of common cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer.

Presented results showed patients with periprosthetic joint infection may demonstrate a high prevalence of mental distress from prolonged hospitalization, pain and physical disability.

Results showed rapid exchange arthroplasty with intra-articular antibiotic irrigation for treatment of periprosthetic joint infection may have a higher rate of treatment success at 6 months compared with two-stage exchange arthroplasty.

Results presented here showed delays from admission to debridement, antibiotic and implant retention for periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty may result in poor outcomes.

Synovial fluid absolute neutrophil count may be superior in detecting periprosthetic joint infection compared with synovial fluid white blood cell count and synovial fluid polymorphonuclear percentage, according to results presented here.