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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 101-B, Issue SUPP_14 | Pages 46 - 46
1 Dec 2019
Cardoso LG Rocha J Jorge L Matos J Carneiro M Bassetti B Morejon K Graf ME Pilati C Leme RP Salles M
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Aim

Over the past three years, roughly 100,000 hip and knee replacements have been performed by the Brazilian Public Healthcare System. Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is expected to range between 1% to 10% after primary and revisions joint arthroplasties, respectively. So far, there have been no published national PJI data which would be helpful at developing local preventive strategies and guide surgeons and clinicians. We aimed at describing the epidemiological, clinical and microbiological PJI results of a national and collaboration study among infectious diseases specialists and orthopaedic surgeons, including academic, public and private institutions.

Method

We prospectively enrolled patients with PJI in a national cohort study among 12 hospitals from 6 different States to describe host, pathogens, diagnosis, surgery strategies adopted (according to the standard hospital-based guideline) and outcome after 1- and 2-years follow-up. PJI was defined using the IDSA criteria (Osmon D, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013). Patients were enrolled from July 2013 to December 2015.