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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Infectious Disease
  • Microbiology

Background:

  • Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a serious complication of total joint arthroplasty.
  • Two-stage exchange is the standard treatment for chronic PJI, but treatment failures limit options.
  • Reinfection with a different organism occurs in 50-80% of cases after failed two-stage exchange.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze reinfection patterns after two-stage exchange for PJI.
  • To identify predictors of reinfecting organisms.
  • To improve the management of PJI.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective review of 188 two-stage exchange procedures for chronic PJI (knees and hips) from 2010-2020.
  • Exclusion of polymicrobial, culture-negative, and fungal infections.
  • Comparison of index and reinfecting organisms.

Main Results:

  • 16.5% of procedures failed due to reinfection.
  • Most reinfections (96.8%) were gram-positive, primarily Staphylococcus aureus (71.0%).
  • Reinfecting organisms differed from the index infection in 61.3% of cases; younger patients were more susceptible.

Conclusions:

  • Reinfection after two-stage exchange often involves a different organism than the initial infection.
  • Predicting reinfecting organisms based solely on the index organism is unreliable.
  • Further research is needed to understand reinfection factors and guide prevention.