Prognosis of unexpected positive intraoperative cultures in arthroplasty revision: a large multicenter cohort

Background. The positive-intraoperative-cultures-type prosthetic joint infection (PIOC-PJI) is considered when surgical cultures yield microorganisms in presumed aseptic arthroplasty revisions. Herein we assess the risk factors for failure in the largest cohort of PIOC-PJI patients reported to date.Methods. A retrospective, observational, multicenter study was performed during 2007-2017. Surgeries leading to diagnose PIOC-PJI included only one-stage procedures with either complete or partial prosthesis revision.

Source: Journal of Infection - September 9, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Mikel Manche ño-Losa, Jaime Lora-Tamayo, Marta Fernández-Sampedro, Dolors Rodríguez-Pardo, Ernesto Muñoz-Mahamud, Laura Soldevila, Mariona Palou, José María Barbero, María Dolores del Toro, José Antonio Iribarren, Beatriz Sobrino, Alicia Rico-Niet Tags: Original article Source Type: research