Infection News

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed combined primary and extended oral antibiotics may predict lower treatment failure rates for periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting revealed 40 international Delphi consensus statements on wound closure and dressing management in total hip and knee arthroplasty.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed dalbavancin may be an effective antibiotic for treatment of gram-positive periprosthetic joint infections.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed 1.5-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infection after total hip arthroplasty may not be equivalent to two-stage revision.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed the 2018 International Consensus Meeting criteria may effectively identify periprosthetic joint infection in revision shoulder arthroplasty.

Results presented at the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Annual Meeting showed suppression antibiotics may improve survival rates for patients with a prosthetic joint infection of the hip or knee with retained hardware.

For patients with chronic periprosthetic joint infection, multistage revision total knee arthroplasty procedures were associated with high remission rates and low mortality at minimum 5-year follow-up, according to published results.

Published results showed corticosteroid injections within 2 weeks of knee arthroscopy may be associated with an increased risk of postoperative septic knee infection or surgical site infection at 90 days.

Results from a propensity-matched, retrospective cohort study showed periprosthetic joint infection within 1 year after total hip arthroplasty was associated with an almost 5.5 times increased 10-year mortality risk among patients.

SAN ANTONIO — We caught up with Connie Steed, MSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting to talk about the potential benefits of universal nasal decolonization.