Knee and other joint-replacement procedures can be a major improvement to a patient's quality of life – unless infection sets ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Periprosthetic joint infection was associated with difficulties performing everyday tasks and returning to work.

Background. Streptococci are not an infrequent cause of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). Management by debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) is thought to produce a good ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA granted Osteal’s VT-X7 breakthrough therapy designation based on recent trial data. The investigational ...

The aim of this study was to review the results of daptomycin used in PMMA bone cement and systemically in 2-stage exchange surgeries for the treatment of PJI due to methicillin-resistant ...

Measurement of plasma D-dimer levels – a test more commonly used to detect blood-clotting disorders – can provide useful information when making the difficult diagnosis of periprosthetic joint ...

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has approved a new clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections, according to AAOS Now. The workgroup based its work on ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peptilogics, a clinical stage biotech company engineering peptide therapeutic solutions for patients with life-threatening diseases, is presenting two posters featuring ...

Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson found that leukocyte esterase reagent strips, which are commonly used to diagnose urinary tract infections, can also be used to rapidly diagnose ...

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Peptilogics, a clinical stage biotechnology company, has completed the enrollment of a Phase 1b trial for PLG0206 in patients undergoing Debridement, Antibiotics, and ...