Prosthetic Joint Infection: The Challenges of Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment and Opportunities for Future Research

• Other Authors: Benito, Natividad (Editor), Murillo, Óscar (Editor), Lora-Tamayo, Jaime (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Medicine; Epidemiology & medical statistics; prosthetic joint infection; arthroplasty infection; prosthetic joint infection functional outcome; prosthetic joint infection ambulatory outcome; tedizolid; prosthetic joint infections; prolonged oral treatment; tolerance; compliance; surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis; knee arthroplasty; hip arthroplasty; surgical site infection prevention; prosthetic joint infection prevention; intraoperative cultures; antibiotic levels; serum bactericidal titer; oxazolidinones; osteoarticular infections; diabetic foot infections; drug-drug interaction; Staphylococcus aureus; implant removal; outcome; rifampin; biofilm; knee; total knee arthroplasty; infection; intra-articular injection; surgical site infection; epidemiology; risk factors; multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria; extensively drug-resistant; hematoma; hip hemiarthroplasty; proximal femur fracture; antibiotic prophylaxis; periprosthetic joint infection; decolonization; daptomycin; eosinophilic pneumonia; Candida spp.; fungus; antifungal-loaded cement spacer; two-stage exchange surgery; Cutibacterium acnes; surgical and medical treatment; dalbavancin; gram-positive; sol-gel; anidulafungin; Candida albicans; suppressive antibiotic treatment; prolonged antibiotic
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This reprint brings together a group of articles that were published as a Special Issue on prosthetic joint infection in the journal Antibiotics. They cover various aspects of risk factors and prevention, medical and surgical treatment, and outcomes of prosthetic joint infections.