Executive summary: diagnosis and management of prosthetic joint infection: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;56(1):1-10. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis966.

Abstract

These guidelines are intended for use by infectious disease specialists, orthopedists, and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI). They include evidence-based and opinion-based recommendations for the diagnosis and management of patients with PJI treated with debridement and retention of the prosthesis, resection arthroplasty with or without subsequent staged reimplantation, 1-stage reimplantation, and amputation.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Debridement
  • Humans
  • Joint Prosthesis / microbiology*
  • Joint Prosthesis / standards*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy*
  • United States

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents