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https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-217-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-217-2025
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14 Jul 2025
Original full-length article |  | 14 Jul 2025

Risk factors for treatment failure in late acute periprosthetic joint infection in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with surgical debridement – a case-control study

Hendrika M. Schenk, Marine Sebillotte, Jose Lomas, Adrian Taylor, Eva Benavent, Oscar Murillo, Marta Fernandez-Sampedro, Kaisa Huotari, Craig Aboltins, Rihard Trebse, Alex Soriano, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, and on behalf of the ESCMID Study Group on Implant Associated Infections (ESGIAI)

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have a high treatment failure rate when faced with a late acute periprosthetic joint infection. Because of the rarity of the condition, we performed a multicenter case-control study. We identified predictors of treatment failure to ultimately improve the treatment outcome. Exchange of modular components seems important in this patient group, likely due to a higher rate of positive blood cultures compared to control patients.
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