Infection News

SAN FRANCISCO — Povidone-iodine and saline irrigation may have equivalent efficacy for the reduction of surgical site infection following total knee or total hip arthroplasty, according to results presented here.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Physical medicine and rehabilitation play an important role in recovering from fatigue symptoms in immune-mediated diseases, according to a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

There is much written about the virtue of compassion, which literally means “to suffer together.” A more practical definition would be sympathetic awareness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.

SAN FRANCISCO — Levels of intra-articular antibiotic concentrations fall dramatically for most bacteria at 24 hours following total knee arthroplasty, according to results presented here.

SAN FRANCISCO — In this video from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Robert V. O’Toole, MD, FAAOS, discussed results from several trials on infection and outcomes after fracture surgery.

SAN FRANCISCO — Among patients with fracture-related infections, smoking was associated with increased incidence of MRSA infection, fistulas and draining sinus tracts at fracture sites, according to recently presented data.

SAN FRANCISCO — The success rates of one-stage and two-stage treatment for periprosthetic joint infection may be similar, according to 1-year interim data presented at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, here.

SAN FRANCISCO — In patients with periprosthetic joint infections of a total hip or total knee arthroplasty, the risk for ipsilateral PJI within 5 years of the index infection was low, according to results presented here.

In this video, Gerard P. Slobogean, MD, MPH, discussed the use of iodine povacrylex in alcohol as a preoperative skin antisepsis to prevent surgical site infection for patients undergoing closed fracture surgery.

According to published results, older adults who are considering elective surgery reported concerns about the physical aspects of surgery, as well as the financial and employment consequences.