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Enterococcal periprosthetic joint infection [Elektronski vir] : clinical and microbiological findings from an 8-year retrospective cohort studyRenz, Nora ...Background: Treatment of enterococcal periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) is challenging due to non-standardized management strategies and lack of biofilm-active antibiotics. The optimal surgical ... and antimicrobial therapy are unknown. Therefore, we evaluated characteristics and outcome of enterococcal PJI. Methods: Consecutive patients with enterococcal PJI from two specialized orthopedic institutions were retrospectively analyzed. Both institutions are following the same diagnostic and treatment concepts. The probability of relapse-free survival was estimated using Kaplan-Meier survival curves and compared by log-rank test. Treatment success was defined by absence of relapse or persistence of PJI due to enterococci or death related to enterococcal PJI. Clinical success was defined by the infection-free status, no subsequent surgical intervention for persistent or perioperative infection after re-implantation and no PJI-related death within 3 months. Results: Included were 75 enterococcal PJI episodes, involving 41 hip, 30 knee, 2 elbow and 2 shoulder prostheses. PJI occurred postoperatively in 61 episodes (81%), hematogenously in 13 (17%) and by contiguous spread in one. E. faecalis grew in 64 episodes, E. faecium in 10 and E. casseliflavus in one episode(s). Additional microorganism(s) were isolated in 38 patients (51%). Enterococci were susceptible to vancomycin in 73 of 75 isolates (97%), to daptomycin in all 75 isolates, and to fosfomycin in 21 of 22 isolates (96%). The outcome data was available for 66 patients (88%). The treatment success after 3 years was 83.7% (95% confidence interval [CI]; 76.1%96.7%) and the clinical success was 67.5% (95% CI; 57.3%80.8%). In 11 patients (17%), a new PJI episode caused by a different pathogen occurred. All failures occurred within 3 years after surgery. Conclusion: About half of enterococcal PJI were polymicrobial infections. The treatment success was high (84%). All treatment failures occurred within the first 3 years after revision surgery. Interestingly, 17% of patients experienced a new PJI caused by another pathogen at a later stage.Source: BMC infectious diseases [Elektronski vir]. - ISSN 1471-2334 (Vol. 19, no. 1, Dec. 2019, str. 1-10)Type of material - e-article ; adult, seriousPublish date - 2019Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 1541995204
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Renz, Nora |
Trebše, Rihard |
Akgün, Doruk |
Perka, Carsten |
Trampuž, Andrej
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orthopedics |
joint |
prostheses |
periprosthetic joint infection |
Enterococcus spp. |
microbiology |
biofilm |
ortopedija |
sklepi |
sklepni vsadki |
obprotezne sklepne okužbe |
Enterococcus spp. |
biofilm |
mikrobioloogija
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