This weeks paper of the week is about role of repeated aspiration in hip joint infection.
What Is the Role of Repeat Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Hip Infection?
Jeffrey D. Hassebrock, MD, Michael G. Fox, MD, MBA, Mark J. Spangehl, MD, Matthew R. Neville, MS, Adam J. Schwartz, MD, MBA
The Journal of Arthroplasty
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2018.09.001
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Four versus six weeks of antibiotic therapy for osteoarticular infections after implant removal: a randomized trial. Benkabouche M, Racloz G, Spenchbach H, Lipsky BA, Gaspoz JM, Uçkay I. J Antimicrob Chemother 2019 May 18. Doi: 10.1093/jac/dkz202. Summary and editorial by Dr. Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker For several decades, osteoarticular infections after implant removal have been treated with…
Stoop N, Zijlstra H, Ponds NHM, Wolterbeek N, Delawi D, Kempen DHR The Spine Journal 2021; Dec;21(12):1985-1992doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2021.06.019 Summary by Gregory R. Toci, BS Spondylodiscitis, an infection of the intervertebral disc and adjacent vertebral bodies, is the most common spinal infection with a predilection for elderly patients between 50-70 years of age.1–3 While children have…
Evaluation of Lipocalin-2 as a Biomarker of Periprosthetic Joint Infection Andrea Vergara, Mariana J. Fernández-Pittol, Ernesto Muñoz-Mahamud, Laura Morata, Jordi Bosch, Jordi Vila, Alex Soriano, Climent Casals-Pascual DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2018.09.047
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Dear Authors I think if you make a lot of aspirations you increase the risk of creating a superinfection.