ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022
The State of Microbiology Diagnostic of Prosthetic Joint Infection in Europe: An In-Depth Survey Among Clinical Microbiologists.
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- Prolonged incubation time unwarranted for acute periprosthetic joint infections.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2025Article
- Novel Method for the Rapid Establishment of Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiles in Bacterial Strains Linked to Musculoskeletal Infections Using Scattered Light Integrated Collector Technology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- A comparison of the clinical characteristics and outcomes of aerobic and anaerobic prosthetic joint infections (PJIs): a single-center retrospective review.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2025Article
- Comparison of Five-Day vs. Fourteen-Day Incubation of Cultures for Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Use of thioglycolate broth as a pre-analytic transport medium in the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection.Joint diseases and related surgery · 2024Article
- Multicenter evaluation of the BIOFIRE Joint Infection Panel for the detection of bacteria, yeast, and AMR genes in synovial fluid samples.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2023Article
- The value of sonication on orthopaedic implants in an everyday clinical setting - an exploratory study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Molecular Approach for the Laboratory Diagnosis of Periprosthetic Joint Infections.Microorganisms · 2022Review
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Abstract
Background: This study aims to give an overview on how microbiology diagnosis tests of Prosthetic joint infections (PJI) is performed in Europe, and to explore whether any factor influences the decision on implementing a test. Methods: An extensive online survey of clinical microbiologists from seven European countries (Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain). Following items were assessed: (i). general information on the laboratory, (ii) preference of the laboratory and clinical microbiologists regarding samples, (iii) transportation and (iv) processing of explanted foreign bodies and tissues and synovial fluid, (v) culture media and culture duration, (vi) reporting (identification and susceptibility testing), and (vii) use of molecular microbiology techniques. Results: Invited were 163 clinical microbiologists. The response rate from each country was above 50% (range 51-78%), except for Germany (36%). Frequent PJI diagnostics were the use of tissue pre-processing (58.1%), culturing synovial fluid in blood culture bottles (45.5%), use of sonication for processing explanted prosthesis (56.8%), reporting the presence of synovial leukocyte counts (67%), use of blood aerobic and anaerobic agar (97.7%), and enrichment media thioglycolate (69.3%). The most common incubation time of the culture media is 7-14 days (34.1-70.5%). The clinicians were called to report the culture results (80.7%), and to give antibiotic recommendation (67%). Conclusion: There are common practices in processing PJI samples and reporting results, which is promising for harmonization of PJI diagnostic in the future. However, variation in diagnostic tests should also be considered in interpreting and comparing clinical microbiology results.
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