Diagnosis and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection: Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
• Main Authors: Osmon, Douglas R., Berbari, Elie F., Berendt, Anthony R., Lew, Daniel, Zimmerli, Werner, Steckelberg, James M., Rao, Nalini, Hanssen, Arlen, Wilson, Walter R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01-01-2013
• Subjects: Allergies; Amputation; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Antimicrobials; Arthroplasty; Biological and medical sciences; Bones; Debridement; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Humans; IDSA GUIDELINES; Infections; Infectious diseases; Joint prostheses; Joint Prosthesis - microbiology; Joint Prosthesis - standards; Joint surgery; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous. Osteoarticular involvement in other diseases; Patients; Prostheses; Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnosis; Prosthesis-Related Infections - drug therapy; Prosthesis-Related Infections - surgery; Prosthesis-Related Infections - therapy; Prosthetics; Recommendations; United States; America; United States; antimicrobial; PJI; prosthetic joint infection; surgical intervention; Infection; Clinical management; Prosthesis; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Arthritis; Diagnosis; Recommendation
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis803

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.