Successful management of native Joint septic arthritis (SA) hinges on the timely initiation of appropriate antibiotic therapy coupled with thorough joint debridement. Since 2018 we have implemented a protocol for empirical antibiotic in patients with suspected SA recommending amoxicillin/clavulanate (and cotrimoxazole in cases of beta-lactams allergy) based on local flora. Nevertheless we have recently found that institutional compliance to the protocol is only about 50% and many physicians are still choosing alternative wider spectrum regimens. The aim of this study is to assess whether current clinical and epidemiological characteristics of patients treated for this condition justify an update or whether previous recommendations are still valid. All adult patients admitted to our institution with suspected SA between 2018-2022 were retrospectively reviewed. Data was collected from electronic medical records and then compared to similar data previously collected concerning the 2009-2017 period (that served as a basis for the aforementioned protocol).Aim
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Determine therapeutic and prognostic value of three different prosthetic joint infections (PJI) staging systems – JS-Bach, McPherson and PJI-TNM. Retrospective analysis of patients who received surgery for PJI between 2011 and 2022 at one single institution, including DAIR, 1-stage revision and 2-stage revision. We applied three staging systems - JS-Bach, McPherson, PJI-TNM – and categorize the results into A (less severe), B (intermediate) and C (most severe). Demographic data and comorbidities, anatomic location, type of treatment, recurrency of infection, final outcome and antibiogram were analyzed.Aim
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