Background: The preoperative diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection in patients with a total
hip or knee arthroplasty may rely in part on the use of systemic inflammation markers. These …

Periprosthetic joint infection continues to frustrate the medical community. Although the
demand for total joint arthroplasty is increasing, the burden of such infections is increasing …

These guidelines are intended for use by infectious disease specialists, orthopedists, and
other healthcare professionals who care for patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI). They …

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most challenging and frequent complications
after lowerextremity joint (hip and knee) arthroplasty. However, there is no single accepted …

Periprosthetic joint infection is one of the most challenging complications of joint
arthroplasty. We identified current risk factors of periprosthetic joint infection after modern …

Background. The value of microbiological culture to diagnose late periprosthetic infection is
limited, especially because standard methods may fail to detect biofilm-forming sessile or …

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most feared and challenging complications
following total knee arthroplasty. We provide a detailed description of our current …

Background: The white blood-cell count and neutrophil differential of the synovial fluid have
been reported to have high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of periprosthetic …

We conducted a case-control study to examine the merit of silver-coated tumour prostheses.
We reviewed 85 patients with Agluna-treated (silver-coated) tumour implants treated …

Background: Although there is no absolute diagnostic test for periprosthetic infection, the
synovial fluid leukocyte count and neutrophil percentage have been reported to have high …