Prosthetic joint infections
Differential Contributions of Specimen Types, Culturing, and 16S rRNA Sequencing in Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infections
... ABSTRACT Prosthetic joint failure is mainly caused by infection, aseptic failure (AF), and mechanical ...knee prosthetic failures, we assessed the contributions of different specimen types, extended ...
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Outcome of patients with streptococcal prosthetic joint infections with special reference to rifampicin combinations
... higher than those observed in staphylococcal PJIs [5]. On the other hand, Streptococcus agalactiae (i.e., hemolytic group B streptococci) is generally considered to be associ- ated with a poorer outcome than the other ...
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Detection of Polyclonality among Clinical Isolates from Prosthetic Joint Infections
... rosthetic joint replacement, or arthroplasty, is a surgical pro- cedure that has improved the quality of life for many people around the world, providing pain relief and improved function- ality to limbs ...thetic ...
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Culturing periprosthetic tissue in BacT/Alert® Virtuo blood culture system leads to improved and faster detection of prosthetic joint infections
... Inoculation of blood culture bottles (BCBs) is often used for detection of microorganisms. Clinical microbiology la- boratories use this semiautomated system with continuous monitoring for microbiological diagnosis, ...
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Excellent Diagnostic Characteristics for Ultrafast Gene Profiling of DEFA1 IL1B LTF in Detection of Prosthetic Joint Infections
... a joint and/or intra-articular pus; (ii) coincidentally positive results of histological examination (five or more neutrophils per high-power field [HPF]) and culture of intraoperative samples ( ⱖ 2 cultures ...
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Heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> (hVISA) in prosthetic joint infections: a case series and review
... The last relapse prompted extensive debridement of the acetabulum, with operative samples sent for macro Etest, with a population analysis profile confirming hVISA (Table 1). Thus, pristinamycin was commenced and was ...
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Use of an automated blood culture system (BD BACTEC™) for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections: easy and fast
... It is possible that the excellent sensitivity of BACTEC™ and rapid growth observed over the study period were in part due to vortexing with sterile beads, rather than to the BD BACTEC™ incubation per say. The use of a ...
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Sonication versus Tissue Sampling for Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint and Other Orthopedic Device Related Infections
... of prosthetic joint infections ...device-related infections (DRI) at the Oxford Bone Infection Unit between October 2012 and August ...
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Yersinia enterocolitica Infection of a Prosthetic Knee Joint Case Report and Review of the Literature on Deep Sited Infections Caused by Y enterocolitica
... enterocolitica prosthetic joint infections reported earlier [3,4,7] have occurred several years after the initial joint replacement for ...a prosthetic knee joint for many ...the ...
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Prosthetic joint infection caused by Pasteurella multocida: a case series and review of literature
... Prosthetic joint infections caused by ...monomicrobial infections and are sensitive to penicillin and ...a prosthetic joint infection due to ...
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Sensitivities, specificities, and predictive values of microbiological culture techniques for the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection
... in prosthetic joint ...in joint fluid, highly fastidious growth, the presence of a biofilm, and the impact of previous antibiotic therapy have been proposed as reasons for these poor results ...
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A powered prosthetic ankle joint for walking and running
... For running at a treadmill speed of 4.0 m/s, the controller identified a speed of 3.7 m/s. The reference group used a stride length of 2.81 m at 4 m/s running. The subject with the bypass had a mean stride length of ...
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Periprosthetic Tibial Fracture with Nonunion and Ascending Prosthetic Joint Infection: A Case Report of an Individual Treatment Strategy
... for temporary intramedullary splinting and to provide further consolidation of the circumferential callus bone. Furthermore, a new bone cement spacer (Palacos R+G, 2× 40 mg, Heraeus Medical GmbH, Wehrheim, Germany) with ...
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PCR Based Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection
... rosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most common complications of total joint arthroplasty, with an incidence of 1 to 12%, and it always has catastrophic consequences (1, ...of joint ...
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Prosthetic joint infection due to Salmonellaspecies: a case series
... Salmonella PJIs are rare and only 29 cases were identi- fied in a recent literature review published in 2012 [13]. They were responsible for 0.2% of all PJIs at our institute over the study period. Salmonella illness ...
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Rapid Molecular Microbiologic Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection
... We previously showed that culture of samples obtained by prosthesis vortexing and sonication was more sensitive than tissue culture for prosthetic joint infection (PJI) diagnosis. Despite improved ...
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Optimal diagnosis, prevention, and management of periprosthetic joint infection
... Advances in orthopedic surgical practice for arthrosis have benefited the aging population by providing pain relief and mobility. Hip and knee arthroplasty have now become the most frequent procedures with improved ...
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Original Article Titanium oxide nanotubes embedded with silver dioxide nanoparticles for staphylococcus aureus infections after prosthetic joint replacement in animal models
... with infections, following artificial jo- int replacement, are predisposed to fevers, inflamed skin, and inflammation, typical symp- toms of joint ...subacute infections have unclear clinical signs ...
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Prosthetic joint infection development of an evidence-based diagnostic algorithm
... index joint exhibits a specificity of 100% in patients with ...total joint an indicator for PJI ...the joint [44], prior infec- tion [44], early implant failure [46], early implant loos- ening [46, ...
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CHARACTERIZATION AND ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF THE ESSENTIAL OIL FROM THYMUS VULGARIS CULTIVATED IN MOROCCO (TAOUNATE) AGAINST TEN BACTERIA
... nosocomial infections related to implants has become a major public health problem and is a global ...and infections of prosthetic devices or central line-by bacteria contaminants Staphylococcus ...
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