Prosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis

Unusual Causes of Prosthetic Joint Infection³

January 2010

Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococci account for more than half of prosthetic hip and knee infection cases.  Propionibacterium acnes is a common cause of shoulder arthroplasty infection.  Approximately 20% of Prosthetic Joint Infection cases are polymicrobial, most commonly involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or anaerobes. Approximately 7% of cases are culture-negative, often in the context of prior antimicrobial therapy. 

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• Introduction
• Total Hip and Knee Replacement Procedures United States 1990-2006
• Body Diagram
• Prosthetic Hip and Knee Infections United States 1990-2004
• Surgical Management of Prosthetic Hip or Knee Infection
• Common Causes Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Infection
• Unusual Causes of Prosthetic Joint Infection³
• Diagram
• Criteria for Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection
• Prosthetic Joint Infection Clinical Presentation
• C-Reactive Protein Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
• C-Reactive Protein Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
• Images
• ¹⁸F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Increased Activity Around the Bone-Prosthesis Interface
• Synovial Fluid Leukocyte/Differential Prosthetic Knee
• Studies of Intrasurgical Frozen-Section Histopathologic Findings of Acute Inflammation in Prosthetic Joint Infection Diagnosis
• Prospective Vortexing/Sonication Clinical Study Hip or Knee Implants⁶
• Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm on Polycarbonate Coupons Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Periprosthetic Tissue and Sonicate Fluid Culture
• Prospective Vortexing/Sonication Clinical Study Hip or Knee Implants⁶
• Definition of Prosthetic Hip and Knee Infection
• Number of Microorganisms Detected by Sonicate Fluid Culture
• Results Prosthetic Hip or Knee Infection
• Effect of Preoperative Antimicrobial Therapy on Culture Sensitivity in Patients with Prosthetic Hip or Knee Infection
• Diagram
• Prospective Clinical Study Shoulder Implants
• Prospective Clinical Study Shoulder Implants
• Definition of Definite Prosthetic Shoulder Infection
• Prospective Clinical Study Shoulder Implants
• Shoulder Arthroplasty Infection
• Acknowledgments
• References
• Questions?
• Disclosure