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Sonication of antibiotic spacers predicts failure during two-stage revision for prosthetic knee and hip infections.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Periprosthetic joint infection is a leading cause of failure after two-stage reimplantation. One cause of relapse may be persistent subclinical infection. Difficulty exists in detecting biofilm-forming infections. Sonication disrupts biofilm and has led to higher rates of positive intraoperative cultures. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: Our aims in this study were to determine (1) if sonication results were predictive of failure, including reinfection, at 2-year followup; and (2) whether sonication of antibiotic spacers at the time of reimplantation improves sensitivity of intraoperative cultures. METHODS: We prospectively followed 36 consecutive patients undergoing two-stage reimplantation for periprosthetic hip or knee infection. Minimum followup was 19 months (mean, 29.9 months; range, 19–38 months). Results of intraoperative cultures and sonicated antibiotic spacers were analyzed. RESULTS: Positive sonication results were predictive of failure as defined by reinfection at 2-year followup. Among the 18 patients who had positive sonication results, reinfection developed in nine patients (50%) compared with two of 18 patients (11%) with negative sonication results (odds ratio, 8.0; 95% CI, 1.2–69.0). Sonication of antibiotic spacers improved the sensitivity of intraoperative cultures from 45% to 82%. [corrected]. CONCLUSIONS: Sonication of antibiotic spacers appears to be useful in predicting failure attributable to recurrent infection after two-stage reimplantation. For patients with positive sonication cultures during reimplantation, more aggressive antimicrobial treatment may be indicated after reimplantation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, diagnostic study. See the Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

SUBMITTER: Nelson CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4048437 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sonication of antibiotic spacers predicts failure during two-stage revision for prosthetic knee and hip infections.

Nelson Charles L CL   Jones Robert B RB   Wingert Nathaniel C NC   Foltzer Michael M   Bowen Thomas R TR  

Clinical orthopaedics and related research 20140701 7


<h4>Background</h4>Periprosthetic joint infection is a leading cause of failure after two-stage reimplantation. One cause of relapse may be persistent subclinical infection. Difficulty exists in detecting biofilm-forming infections. Sonication disrupts biofilm and has led to higher rates of positive intraoperative cultures.<h4>Questions/purposes</h4>Our aims in this study were to determine (1) if sonication results were predictive of failure, including reinfection, at 2-year followup; and (2) wh  ...[more]

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