ArticleInfection2013
Characteristics and outcome of 16 periprosthetic shoulder joint infections.
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Can Propionibacterium Acnes Load in Primary Shoulder Surgery be Reduced With Preoperative Application of a Benzoylperoxid/Miconazolnitrat crème Additional to Standard Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Efficacy of Surgical Diathermy in Eradicating Cutibacterium Acnes From Surgical Skin Incision During Shoulder Arthroplasty
Who cites it
44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.
- What is a "periprosthetic shoulder infection"? A systematic review of two decades of publications.International orthopaedics · 2017Pooled it
- Lean and Green Hand Surgery: Evaluating the Sterility of Stored Corticosteroid Injection Preparations Using Next-Generation Sequencing.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Management of periprosthetic joint infection of the shoulder: A narrative review.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2024Article
- One- vs. Two-Stage Revision for Periprosthetic Shoulder Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Shoulder Prosthetic Infection and Humerus Osteomyelitis From Cutibacterium Following Eden-Hybinette Procedure.Cureus · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial effects of blue light therapy against cutibacterium acnes: optimal dosing and impact of serial treatments.JSES international · 2024Article
- Infected Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients Younger than 60 Years: Results of a Multicenter Study.Microorganisms · 2023Article
- High infection control rate after systematic one-stage procedure for shoulder arthroplasty chronic infection.International orthopaedics · 2023Article
- Management of periprosthetic joint infection of shoulder arthroplasty: Single-stage versus two-stage protocols. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature.Shoulder & elbow · 2023Review
- Reverse rhino sign as a radiological sign of low-grade infected reverse shoulder arthroplasty.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2023Article
- C.acnes in the joint, is it all just a false positive?European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2023Article
- Patient compliance and satisfaction with topical benzoyl peroxide gel prior to shoulder surgery.JSES international · 2022Article
- A Porcine Model for the Development and Testing of Preoperative Skin Preparations.Microorganisms · 2022Article
- Factors associated with failure of surgical revision and IV antibiotics to resolve Cutibacterium periprosthetic infection of the shoulder.International orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Topical Treatments in ReducingInternational journal of surgery protocols · 2022Article
- The management of the shoulder skin microbiome (Shoulder & elbow · 2021Article
- Prosthetic Shoulder Joint Infection byAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Pre- and peroperative diagnosis ofShoulder & elbow · 2021Article
- Cutibacterium acnes infections in revision surgery for persistent shoulder complaints: a retrospective cohort study.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2021Article
- Diagnosis of orthopaedic-implant-associated infections caused by slow-growing Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria - a clinical perspective.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2021Review
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
purposeShoulder arthroplasties are increasingly performed, but data on periprosthetic joint infections (PJI) in this anatomical position are limited. We retrospectively investigated the characteristics and outcome of shoulder PJI after primary arthroplasty from 1998 to 2010 in a single centre.
methodsPeriprosthetic joint infection was defined as periprosthetic purulence, presence of sinus tract or microbial growth. A Kaplan-Meier survival method was used to estimate relapse-free survival of prosthesis.
resultsFrom 1,571 primary shoulder prostheses, we evaluated 16 patients with a PJI at different stages, i.e, early (n = 4), delayed (n = 6) and late (n = 6) infections. The median patient age was 67 (range 53-86) years, and 69 % were females. The most commonly isolated microorganism was Propionibacterium acnes in 38 % of patients (monobacterial in four and polymicrobial in two patients). In 14 of the 16 patients, surgical interventions consisting of debridement and implant retention (6 patients), exchange (7) and explantation (1) were performed. Four patients had a relapse of infection with P. acnes (n = 3) or Bacteroides fragilis (n = 1). The relapse-free survival of the prosthesis was 75 % (95 % confidence interval 46-90 %) after 1 and 2 years, 100 % in six patients following the treatment algorithm for hip and knee PJI and 60 % in 10 patients not followed up. All but one of the relapses were previously treated without exchange of the prosthesis.
conclusionsAs recommended for hip and knee PJI, we suggest treating shoulder PJI with a low-grade infection by microorganisms such as P. acnes with an exchange of the prosthesis. Cohort studies are needed to verify our results.
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