Pseudomonas aeruginosa prosthetic joint-infection outcomes: Prospective, observational study on 43 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Analysis the outcomes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa prosthetic joint infection (PJI), and of their clinical and microbiological characteristics, surgical strategies and antibiotic treatments.

Methods

Monocenter cohort study in a Bone-and-Joint-Infection Referral Center (08/2004 to 10/2018) including all consecutive P. aeruginosa PJIs. Data were extracted from the prospective database, including the following events: relapses, new PJIs, related deaths.

Results

Median [IQR]: among the 43 patients included (28 females; 72 [63-80] years old; 27 hip, 15 knee, and 1 shoulder PJIs), 29 (67%) had underlying comorbidities, 12 (28%) had previously been treated for another PJI and 9 (21%) had undergone previous surgeries for their P. aeruginosa PJI. E

SUBMITTER: Prie H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9774483 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature