Infection News

Results showed use of antibiotic-loaded calcium sulfate beads during debridement, antibiotics and implant retention did not reduce the incidence of recurrent prosthetic joint infection at 2 years or 90 days postoperatively.

Although extended oral antibiotic treatment may reduce the rate of recurrent prosthetic joint infection following two-stage exchange, it may also increase drug resistance to the antibiotic used, according to results.

Results of a study showed aspirin was linked with lower rates of early, deep prosthetic joint infection after primary total knee arthroplasty vs. non-aspirin chemoprophylaxis, a presenter said.

Surgical gloves are a common source of contamination in revision total joint arthroplasty cases; therefore, surgeons should consider intraoperative glove changes and thorough irrigation, according to a speaker.

Intraosseous delivery of vancomycin after tourniquet inflation is safe and effective for reducing periprosthetic joint infection after primary total knee arthroplasty, according to published results.

Orthopedic surgeons should be familiar with functional outcomes, reported complications and effectiveness of different antibiotics used with articulating spacers implanted to help eradicate joint infection in patients, a presenter said.

In a large single-center study, patients with COVID-19 infection history who had elective TJR during the pandemic did not differ from patients without COVID-19 history for mean length of hospital stay or in-hospital complication rate.

Sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value and positive predictive value for infection were better for isothermal microcalorimetry in patients with operated fractures than conventional cultures, a presenter said.

Due to low serum album levels in patients who undergo two-stage exchange for infected total joint replacement, a researcher recommended routinely testing the preoperative albumin level of patients indicated for this procedure.

Compared with tertiary care institutions, orthopedic specialty hospitals are associated with lower rates of deep surgical site infection at 1 year, according to published results.