Infection News

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.

Patients who underwent two-stage revision total hip arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection had a minimum 2-year infection-free survivorship of 73.8% and improved patient-reported outcomes at midterm to long-term follow-up.

SAN ANTONIO — Rates of surgical site infections drastically improved after implementing a comprehensive prevention bundle, researchers reported at the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology annual meeting.

Published results showed antibiotic-loaded bone cement may not be warranted for prophylaxis with total knee arthroplasty due to the additional cost and similar rates of revision for periprosthetic joint infection vs. plain bone cement.

OsteoRemedies LLC announced FDA clearance for expanded indications of its Spectrum GV dual antibiotic bone cement for the use in revision total hip arthroplasty procedures, according to a press release.

Postoperative chemotherapy may be associated with increased risk of periprosthetic joint infection after total joint arthroplasty, according to published results.