01 Apr 2025
Debridement, antimicrobial therapy, and implant retention (DAIR) as curative strategy for acute periprosthetic hip and knee infections: a position paper of the European Bone & Joint Infection Society (EBJIS)
Irene K. Sigmund, Tristan Ferry, Ricardo Sousa, Alex Soriano, Willem-Jan Metsemakers, Martin Clauss, Rihard Trebse, and Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 101–138, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-101-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-101-2025, 2025 | 3,260 views
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01 Apr 2025
Debridement, antimicrobial therapy, and implant retention (DAIR) as curative surgical strategy for acute periprosthetic hip and knee infections: a summary of the position paper from the European Bone & Joint Infection Society (EBJIS)
Irene K. Sigmund, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Tristan Ferry, Willem-Jan Metsemakers, Martin Clauss, Alex Soriano, Rihard Trebse, and Ricardo Sousa
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 139–142, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-139-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-139-2025, 2025 | 1,556 views
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08 Apr 2025
Oral tetracyclines for bone and joint infections: what do we know?
Tom Cartau, Jocelyn Michon, Renaud Verdon, and Aurelie Baldolli
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 143–154, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-143-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-143-2025, 2025 | 1,221 views
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14 May 2025
Differential synovial fluid white blood cell count for the diagnosis of chronic peri-prosthetic joint infection – a systematic review and meta-analysis
Marta Sabater-Martos, Martin Clauss, Ana Ribau, Ricardo Sousa, and on behalf of the Leukocyte Count Synovial Fluid working group for the Unified PJI definition task force
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 165–184, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-165-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-165-2025, 2025 | 1,156 views
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17 Mar 2025
Multi-centre evaluation of Gram stain in the diagnosis of septic arthritis
Charlotte Smith, Robert J. Maloney, Deborah Wearmouth, Hemant Sharma, Kordo Saeed, Nusreen Ahmad-Saeed, Rachel Annett, Lucinda Barrett, Sara E. Boyd, Peter Davies, Harriet Hughes, Gwennan Jones, Laura Leach, Maureen Lynch, Deepa Nayar, Martin Marsh, Shanine Mitchell, Lynn Moffat, Luke S. P. Moore, Michael E. Murphy, Shaan Ashk O'Shea, Teresa Peach, Christina Petridou, Niamh Reidy, Ben Talbot, Catherine Aldridge, and Gavin Barlow
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 61–71, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-61-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-61-2025, 2025 | 880 views
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07 Nov 2024
The immediate ex vivo covering and filling characteristics of antibiotic-loaded resorbable calcium sulfate paste around intramedullary nails
Amber A. Hamilton, Jidapa Wongcharoenwatana, Jason S. Hoellwarth, Austin T. Fragomen, S. Robert Rozbruch, and Taylor J. Reif
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 261–270, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-261-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-261-2024, 2024 | 856 views
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31 Oct 2024
Exploring the potential of naturally occurring antimicrobials for managing orthopedic-device-related infections
Baixing Chen, T. Fintan Moriarty, Hans Steenackers, Georges F. Vles, Jolien Onsea, Thijs Vackier, Isabel Spriet, Rob Lavigne, R. Geoff Richards, and Willem-Jan Metsemakers
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 249–260, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-249-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-249-2024, 2024 | 851 views
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07 Mar 2025
Postoperative antibiotic treatment does not lower re-revision rate in presumed aseptic hip and knee revision arthroplasties with unexpected positive intraoperative cultures – a matched cohort study
Sebastian Simon, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Susana Gardete Hartmann, Jennyfer A. Mitterer, Sujeesh Sebastian, Stephanie Huber, Bernhard J. H. Frank, and Jochen G. Hofstaetter
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 51–59, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-51-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-51-2025, 2025 | 843 views
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04 Feb 2025
Effect of oral antibiotics after two-stage revision for periprosthetic joint infection on subsequent antibiotic resistance within a national cohort of United States veterans
Judd Payne, Jesse D. Sutton, Brenna E. Blackburn, Snehal Bansod, Hannah Imlay, Emily S. Spivak, Jakrapun Pupaibool, Jeremy M. Gililland, and Laura K. Certain
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 7–14, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-7-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-7-2025, 2025 | 841 views
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25 Oct 2024
Predicting periprosthetic joint infection: external validation of preoperative prediction models
Seung-Jae Yoon, Paul C. Jutte, Alex Soriano, Ricardo Sousa, Wierd P. Zijlstra, and Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 231–239, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-231-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-231-2024, 2024 | 818 views
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29 Oct 2024
A combined debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) procedure with flap coverage for acute soft tissue defects following total knee arthroplasty: a retrospective study
Laia Boadas-Gironès, Marta Sabater-Martos, Marc Ferrer-Banus, Àlex Soriano-Viladomiu, and Juan Carlos Martínez-Pastor
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 241–248, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-241-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-241-2024, 2024 | 719 views
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16 Jun 2025
CLOSE-UP – a favourable protocol for limb-sparing surgery of diabetic foot osteomyelitis
Anton Alexander Nolte Peterlin, Louise Kruse Jensen, Emil Gleipner-Andersen, and Hans Gottlieb
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 199–206, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-199-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-199-2025, 2025 | 674 views
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02 Jun 2025
One- versus two-stage septic hip and knee revision surgery: a comparative cohort outcome study with short- to mid-term follow-up
Michelle M. J. Jacobs, Petra J. C. Heesterbeek, Karin Veerman, and Jon H. M. Goosen
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 185–192, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-185-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-185-2025, 2025 | 669 views
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04 Mar 2025
Synovial glucose and serum-to-synovial-glucose ratio perform better than other biomarkers for the diagnosis of acute postoperative prosthetic knee infection
Marta Sabater-Martos, Oscar Garcia, Laia Boadas, Laura Morata, Alex Soriano, and Juan Carlos Martínez-Pastor
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 41–49, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-41-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-41-2025, 2025 | 651 views
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31 Mar 2025
Dalbavancin to facilitate early discharge in the treatment of complex musculoskeletal infections: a multi-centre real-life application
Tariq Azamgarhi, Simon Warren, Antonia Scobie, Natasha Karunaharan, Cristina Perez-Sanchez, Rebecca Houghton, Salma Hassan, Julie Lourtet-Hascoët, Hannah Kershaw, Parham Sendi, and Kordo Saeed
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 93–100, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-93-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-93-2025, 2025 | 633 views
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24 Mar 2025
Comparison of surgical treatments for hip and knee periprosthetic joint infections using the desirability of outcome ranking in a prospective multicentre study
Brenton P. Johns, Mark R. Loewenthal, David C. Dewar, Laurens A. Manning, and Joshua S. Davis
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 73–84, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-73-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-73-2025, 2025 | 592 views
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10 Jul 2025
The value of repeated debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention (DAIR) for early periprosthetic joint infection
Ruben Scholten, Gerjon Hannink, Matthijs P. Somford, and Job L. C. van Susante
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 207–215, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-207-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-207-2025, 2025 | 582 views
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28 Mar 2025
The hidden connection between gut microbiota and periprosthetic joint infections: a scoping review
Alessandro Singlitico, Daniele Grassa, Rami Kaplan, Alessandro Smimmo, Giulio Maccauro, and Raffaele Vitiello
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 85–92, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-85-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-85-2025, 2025 | 577 views
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30 Jul 2025
No difference in failure between static, articulating, and prosthetic low-friction spacers for periprosthetic joint infection of total knee arthroplasty
Michael F. Shannon, Timothy Edwards, Timothy Maurer, Andrew J. Frear, Victoria R. Wong, Shaan Sadhwani, Clair Smith, Anthony Kamson, Brian Omslaer, Christian Cisneros, Andrew Gordon, Akeem Williams, Neel B. Shah, and Kenneth L. Urish
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 243–253, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-243-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-243-2025, 2025 | 550 views
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11 Aug 2025
Proteus-species-associated periprosthetic hip and knee joint infections – a 15-year cohort analysis
Veronika Achatz, Jennyfer A. Mitterer, Stephanie Huber, Ece Akcicek, Selma Tobudic, Sujeesh Sebastian, and Jochen G. Hofstaetter
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 265–275, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-265-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-265-2025, 2025 | 547 views
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23 Jul 2025
Type of acute periprosthetic joint infection may not affect failure of debridement, antibiotics, and implant retention after total knee arthroplasty
Andrew J. Frear, Michael F. Shannon, Shaan Sadhwani, Anthony O. Kamson, Clair Smith, Charity G. Patterson, Victoria R. Wong, Frank Johannes Plate, and Kenneth L. Urish
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 225–235, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-225-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-225-2025, 2025 | 529 views
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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)
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 217–224, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-217-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-217-2025, 2025 | 525 views
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18 Oct 2024
Glenohumeral joint septic arthritis and osteomyelitis caused by Moraxella catarrhalis after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: case report and literature review
Yong-Beom Kim, Jinjae Kim, Min Gon Song, Tae Hyong Kim, Tae-Yoon Choi, and Gi-Won Seo
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 225–230, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-225-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-225-2024, 2024 | 521 views
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30 Jul 2025
Proactive Therapeutic Drug MONiToring to Guide Suppressive Antibiotic Therapy with DALBAvaNcin ( > 12 weeks) in Osteoarticular Infections (MONTALBANO)
Chiara Mariani, Matteo Passerini, Lucia Galli, Alice Covizzi, Marta Colaneri, Martina Offer, Margherita Faenzi, Stefania Merli, Simona Landonio, Marta Fusi, Alberto Dolci, Andrea Gori, and Dario Cattaneo
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 255–263, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-255-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-255-2025, 2025 | 520 views
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06 Jun 2025
Shoulder paralysis as a presentation of septic arthritis with intramuscular scapular abscess – a case report
Ana Rita Senra, João Pedro Vieira, Pedro Negrão, Nuno Neves, Carlos Maia Dias, Maria João Leite, and Manuel Ribeiro Silva
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 193–197, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-193-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-193-2025, 2025 | 487 views
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10 Oct 2025
Serum inflammatory markers for the screening and diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Irene K. Sigmund, Matthew J. Dietz, Marta Sabater-Martos, Antony J. R. Palmer, Nicolas Cortés-Penfield, and the “Serum Marker Workgroup” for the Unified PJI Definition Taskforce
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 363–376, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-363-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-363-2025, 2025 | 481 views
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25 Jul 2025
One-stage knee replacement shows similar healing rates in patients with negative or positive preoperative cultures: a retrospective cohort study
Marta Sabater-Martos, Laura Morata, Josep Maria Segur, Alex Soriano, and Juan Carlos Martínez-Pastor
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 237–241, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-237-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-237-2025, 2025 | 474 views
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11 Feb 2025
Mid-term to long-term outcome and risk factors for failure of 158 hips with two-stage revision for periprosthetic hip joint infection
Moatasem Abuelnour, Conor McNamee, Abdul Basit Rafi, Wolf Hohlbein, Peter Keogh, and James Cashman
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 15–24, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-15-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-15-2025, 2025 | 466 views
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05 Dec 2024
A case report of fracture-related infection with Metamycoplasma hominis in an immunocompetent patient
Karishma Gokani, Prabu Balasubramanian, Edward Matthews, and Dunisha Samarasinghe
J. Bone Joint Infect., 9, 271–275, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-271-2024,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-9-271-2024, 2024 | 439 views
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12 Aug 2025
Inadequate empirical antibiotics following debridement for orthopedic infections do not increase therapy failures
Steven Mark Maurer, Marc Simon Maurer, Marc Schmid, Stefani Dossi, Lucienne Gautier, Aileen Elizabeth Boyd, Mazda Farshad, and Ilker Uçkay
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 285–292, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-285-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-285-2025, 2025 | 438 views
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20 Feb 2025
Ten years of experience with elbow native joint arthritis: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
Pansachee Damronglerd, Ryan Bijan Khodadadi, Said El Zein, Jack William McHugh, Omar M. Abu Saleh, Mark Edward Morrey, Aaron Joseph Tande, and Gina Ann Suh
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 25–31, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-25-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-25-2025, 2025 | 434 views
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13 Aug 2025
Synovial pH, lactate, and glucose as adjunct biomarkers to exclude periprosthetic joint infection in hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective study
Dirk Müller, Joshua Aulenbacher, Niels Heine, Benjamin Schloßmacher, Vincent Lallinger, Georg Matziolis, Rüdiger von Eisenhart-Rothe, and Igor Lazic
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 293–301, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-293-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-293-2025, 2025 | 419 views
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12 Aug 2025
The burden of periprosthetic joint infections: patient-reported outcomes and qualitative insights into periprosthetic joint infections
Franz-Joseph Dally, Frido Kixmöller, Frederic Bludau, Sascha Gravius, Ali Darwich, and Marcel Betsch
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 277–284, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-277-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-277-2025, 2025 | 410 views
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13 Aug 2025
Low-grade infections as a potential contributor of arthrofibrosis following total knee arthroplasty
Lucía Henríquez, Ander Uribarri, Ignacio Sancho, and Maria Eugenia Portillo
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 303–307, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-303-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-303-2025, 2025 | 405 views
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15 Aug 2025
In vitro mixing formulas for antimicrobial calcium sulfate beads for point-of-care applications: an additional update to formulas
Edward J. McPherson, Andrew J. Wassef, Matthew V. Dipane, and Madhav Chowdhry
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 309–315, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-309-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-309-2025, 2025 | 400 views
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21 Aug 2025
A prospective evaluation of the inoculation of homogenised tissue and bone biopsies in blood culture bottles for the diagnosis of orthopaedic-device-related infections
Ann-Sophie Jacob, Jolien Onsea, Laura Bessems, Pauline Spoormans, Georges Vles, Willem-Jan Metsemakers, Sien Ombelet, and Melissa Depypere
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 317–326, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-317-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-317-2025, 2025 | 395 views
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29 Aug 2025
CarboCell G/C offers high and prolonged concentrations of gentamicin and clindamycin in bone tissue following intraosseous injection
Mads Kristian Duborg Mikkelsen, Andrea René Jørgensen, Niranjan G. Kotla, Maiken Stilling, Maria Bech Damsgaard, Christoph Crocoll, Michal Poborsky, Hans Christian Rasmussen, Jonas Rosager Henriksen, Anders Elias Hansen, and Mats Bue
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 327–334, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-327-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-327-2025, 2025 | 391 views
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26 Feb 2025
Rethinking antibiotic prophylaxis in orthopaedic oncology: insights from a cohort study of endoprosthetic infections
Tariq Azamgarhi, Craig Gerrand, and Simon Warren
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 33–39, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-33-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-33-2025, 2025 | 387 views
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15 Apr 2025
Autogenous bone graft in the management of post-osteomyelitis bone defects in children in a limited-resource setting – a retrospective cohort study with a minimum follow-up of 7 years
Antonio Loro, Fulvio Franceschi, Muhumuza M. Fisha, Emmanuel Ewochu, Geoffrey Mwanje, Annamaria Dal Lago, and Martin McNally
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 155–163, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-155-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-155-2025, 2025 | 373 views
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08 Sep 2025
Prevalence, microbiological features, and risk factors for periprosthetic joint infections in oncologic patients following tumor resection and megaprosthetic reconstruction
Andreas G. Tsantes, Dimitrios V. Papadopoulos, Stavros Goumenos, Eleni Petrou, Ioannis G. Trikoupis, Anastasios Roustemis, Alexandra Mpakosi, Petros Ioannou, Christos Koutserimpas, Panayiotis Gavriil, Daniele Piovani, Stefanos Bonovas, Panayiotis J. Papagelopoulos, Athanasios Tsakris, and Argirios E. Tsantes
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 337–345, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-337-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-337-2025, 2025 | 341 views
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05 Sep 2025
Comment on “Differential synovial fluid white blood cell count for the diagnosis of chronic peri-prosthetic joint infection – a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Sabater-Martos et al. (2025)
Pim W. van Egmond, Olav P. van der Jagt, and Jesse W. P. Kuiper
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 335–336, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-335-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-335-2025, 2025 | 261 views
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09 Jan 2025
Advancing cross-disciplinarity in bone and joint infection science using the COMBINE approach: an example from Denmark
Louise Kruse Jensen, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Hans Gottlieb, and Mats Bue
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 1–5, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-1-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-1-2025, 2025 | 157 views
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01 Oct 2025
Single- versus two-stage revision surgery in the case of fracture-related infection: a systematic review
Jonathan Sliepen, Michelle A. S. Buijs, Jolien Onsea, Geertje A. M. Govaert, Frank F. A. IJpma, Jean-Paul P. M. de Vries, Bart C. H. Van der Wal, Charalampos Zalavras, and Willem-Jan Metsemakers
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 347–361, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-347-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-347-2025, 2025 | 52 views
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15 Oct 2025
Incidence of chronic osteomyelitis between 2016 and 2022 in a large, multicenter database in the United States
Rawabi Aljadani, Hyunkeun Cho, and Martha L. Carvour
J. Bone Joint Infect., 10, 377–384, https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-377-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/jbji-10-377-2025, 2025 | 27 views
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