Prosthetic joint infections (PJI) remain among the most devastating complications in orthopedic surgery, with increasing incidence paralleling the growth in arthroplasty procedures worldwide. While treatment protocols are well-established, evidence supporting current approaches is lacking, and outcomes remain suboptimal, highlighting the need for improved therapeutic strategies. AAC recently published a minireview of randomized controlled trials and emerging evidence for the management for these difficult to treat infection. Today, we discuss with one of the authors of the manuscript and an ID doctor specialized in PJI infections the findings of such paper.

Topics discussed:

• Challenges of treating prosthetic joint infections.
• Major clinical trial data supporting different approaches for treatment and prevention of PJI
• Guidance for the approach to these complicated infections.

Guests:

• David Paterson MBBS, Ph.D., Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (Joint)
  Yong Loo Lin School of Public Health (Joint), Director, ADVANCE-ID, National University of Singapore, Singapore. 
• Ana Victoria Salas-Vargas, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Houston Methodist Academic Institute and Weill Cornell Medical College. 

Links: 

Advancing the management of prosthetic joint infections: a review of randomized controlled trials and emerging evidence https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.00338-25

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