Paper of the week: Humidity a potential risk factor for prosthetic joint infection in a tropical Australian hospital. Armit D, Vickers M, Parr A, Van Rosendal S, Trott N, Gunasena R, Parkinson B. ANZ J Surg. 2018 Dec;88(12):1298-1301. doi: 10.1111/ans.14916. Epub 2018 Oct 24. Summary and Editorial by Sreeram Penna and Javad Parvizi This study…
Paper of the week: Cutibacterium acnes and the shoulder microbiome. Qiu B, Al K, Pena-Diaz AM, Athwal GS, Drosdowech D, Faber KJ, Burton JP, O’Gorman DB. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2018 Oct;27(10):1734-1739. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jse.2018.04.019. Summary and Editorial by Dr. Sreeram Penna and Dr. Surena Namdari The aim of this study is to determine if there…
Title: Culturing periprosthetic tissue in blood culture bottles results in isolation of additional microorganisms. van den Bijllaardt W, van der Jagt OP, Peijs M, Janssens M, Buiting AG, Reuwer AQ. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 2018 Epub. DOI: 10.1007/s10096-018-3420-6 Summary and Editorial by Dr. Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker and Dr. Sreeram Penna The aim of this…
Irrigation and debridement with chronic antibiotic suppression for the management of infected total knee arthroplasty, Weston JT, Watts CD, Mabry TM, Hanssen AD, Berry DJ, Abdel MP. Bone Joint J. 2018 Nov;100-B(11):1471-1476. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.100B11.BJJ-2018-0515.R1. Summary and editorial by Sreeram Penna Above study is a single center retrospective review of 134 infected total knee arthroplasty cases (…
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