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
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Summary

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.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (184 p.)

ISBN

books978-3-0365-7936-8
9783036579375
9783036579368

Access

Open Access