Paper of the week: Staphylococcus epidermidis from prosthetic joint infections induces lower IL‐1β release from human neutrophils than isolates from normal flora

Dugdale EM, Uvodich ME, Osmon DR, Pagnano MW, Berry DJ, Abdel MP J Arthroplasty. 2021 Nov 10:S0883-5403(21)00842-1.doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2021.11.007 Summary by Mohammad S Abdelaal MD, MSc Assessing a patient for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) can be challenging in the early postoperative period as it can be difficult to distinguish abnormally elevated laboratory values from those expected…

Redfern RE, Cameron-Ruetz C, O’Drobinak SK, Chen JT, Beer KJ The Journal of Arthroplasty 32 (2017): 3333-3339DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2017.06.019. Summary by: Joseph Brutico, BS While the incidence of periprosthetic joint infection remains low after total joint arthroplasty, it is the third leading cause of prosthesis failure [1]. Revision arthroplasty imparts a significant economic burden on insurance,…

Alexander J. Rondon, MD, MBA, Taylor Paziuk, MD, Michael J. Gutman, BA, Gerald R. Williams Jr, MD, Surena Namdari, MD, MSc Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery 30(12): e732, 2021doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2021.05.005 Summary by Justin A. Magnuson, MD Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) following shoulder arthroplasty has been reported to occur at rates ranging from 1.1% to…