- Title
- Prosthetic joint infection diagnosis in an age of changing clinical patterns of infection and new technologies
- Creator
- Davis, Joshua S.; Dewar, David; Manning, Laurens
- Relation
- Medical Journal of Australia Vol. 220, Issue 5, p. 225-228
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52228
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2024
- Description
- Joint replacement surgery is one of the most successful interventions in modern medicine, restoring joint function, mobility and quality of life in those with severe osteoarthritis. In 2022, 126 000 knee and hip replacements were performed in Australia,1 adding to the pool of about 1 million Australians currently living with one or more joint replacements in situ.2 Unfortunately, around 4000 Australians are diagnosed with a prosthetic joint infection (PJI) annually.3 This devastating complication leads to high health care costs, prolonged hospital stays, and mortality.4, 5 Unlike most infections, PJI involves the interaction of microorganisms with both host tissues and synthetic implants. Hence curative treatment involves surgery to debride or replace the infected components as well as prolonged courses of antibiotics. Early and accurate diagnosis of PJI is vital to enable timely management and improved patient outcomes. In this article, we summarise the current approaches to the diagnosis of PJI and their challenges, and discuss innovation in PJI diagnosis.
- Subject
- arthritis, infectious; arthroplasty, replacement; orthodepdic procedures; prosthesis implantation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1510283
- Identifier
- uon:56369
- Identifier
- ISSN:0025-729X
- Rights
- x
- Language
- eng
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