Prosthetic Joint Infection Following Invasive Dental Procedures and Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patients With Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng-Chen Kao ◽  
Yao-Chun Hsu ◽  
Wen-Hui Chen ◽  
Jiun-Nong Lin ◽  
Ying-Ying Lo ◽  
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OBJECTIVESWe aimed to clarify whether invasive dental treatment is associated with increased risk of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) and whether prophylactic antibiotics may lower the infection risk remain unclear.DESIGNRetrospective cohort study.PARTICIPANTSAll Taiwanese residents (N=255,568) who underwent total knee or hip arthroplasty between January 1, 1997, and November 30, 2009, were screened.METHODSThe dental cohort consisted of 57,066 patients who received dental treatment and were individually matched 1:1 with the nondental cohort by age, sex, propensity score, and index date. The dental cohort was further divided by the use or nonuse of prophylactic antibiotics. The antibiotic and nonantibiotic subcohorts comprised 6,513 matched pairs.RESULTSPJI occurred in 328 patients (0.57%) in the dental subcohort and 348 patients (0.61%) in the nondental subcohort, with no between-cohort difference in the 1-year cumulative incidence (0.6% in both, P=.3). Multivariate-adjusted Cox regression revealed no association between dental procedures and PJI. Furthermore, PJI occurred in 13 patients (0.2%) in the antibiotic subcohort and 12 patients (0.18%) in the nonantibiotic subcohorts (P=.8). Multivariate-adjusted analyses confirmed that there was no association between the incidence of PJI and prophylactic antibiotics.CONCLUSIONSThe risk of PJI is not increased following dental procedure in patients with hip or knee replacement and is unaffected by antibiotic prophylaxis.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2017;38:154–161

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. S204-S205
Author(s):  
Claire Triffault-Fillit ◽  
Eugenie Mabrut ◽  
Karine Corbin ◽  
Agathe Becker ◽  
Evelyne Braun ◽  
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Abstract Background The use of piperacillin/tazobactam with vancomycin as empirical antimicrobial therapy (EAT) for prosthetic joint infection (PJI) has been associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), leading to propose cefepime as an alternative since 2017 in our reference center. The present study compared microbiological efficacy and tolerance of these two EAT strategies. Methods All adult patients with PJI empirically treated by vancomycin-cefepime (n = 89) were enrolled in a prospective observational study, and matched with vancomycin-piperacillin/tazobactam-treated historical controls (n = 89) according to a propensity score including age, baseline renal function and concomitant use of other nephrotoxics. The two groups were compared using Kaplan–Meier curve analysis and non-parametric tests (Fisher exact test and Mann–Whitney U-test) regarding: (i) the proportion efficacious empirical regimen (i.e., at least one of the two molecules active against the identified organism(s) based on in vitro susceptibility testing); and (ii) the incidence of empirical therapy-related adverse events (AE), classified according to the Common terminology criteria for AE (CTCAE). Results Among the 146 (82.0%) documented infections, the EAT was considered as efficacious in 77 (98.7%) and 65 (98.5%) of the piperacillin–tazobactam and cefepim-treated patients, respectively (P = 1.000). The rate of AE, and in particular AKI, was significantly higher in the vancomycin–piperacillin/tazobactam (n = 27 [30.3%] and 23 [25.8%%]) compared with the vancomycin-cefepim (n = 13 [14.6%] and 6 [6.7%]) group (P = 0.019 and <0.001, respectively; figure), leading to a premature EAT discontinuation in 20 (22.5%) and 5 (5.6%) patients (P = 0.002). Of note, no significant differences were observed between the two groups regarding sex (91 males; 51.1%), median age (68-year-old; IQR, 59.3–75), main comorbidities including baseline renal function and proportion of patients receiving other nephrotoxics, and vancomycin plasmatic overload. Conclusion The empirical use of vancomycin-cefepim in PJI was as efficient as vancomycin–piperacillin/tazobactam, and was associated with a significantly lower incidence of AKI. Disclosures All authors: No reported disclosures.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Abhimanyu Aggarwal ◽  
Durane Walker

Micromonas micros is an oral anaerobic Gram-positive coccus and is a commensal of the mouth, and it is rarely isolated in prosthetic joint infections (PJIs) and even less frequently related to a preceding dental procedure with eventual hematogenous seeding of the prosthetic joint. Here, we present a case of a 56-year-old male with a prosthetic hip joint who developed Micromonas micros prosthetic hip joint infection with symptoms starting a few days after a dental procedure and not having received periprocedural antibiotic prophylaxis. He recovered well with surgical intervention and antimicrobial therapy. We conducted a literature review of prosthetic hip joint infections caused by Micromonas micros as well as briefly discuss current guidelines on antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with prosthetic joints undergoing dental procedures and some knowledge gaps.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei Nie ◽  
Wei Li

Objective: The current review was designed to assess the impact of prior intra-articular injections on the risk of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty (TJA) with a focus on the timing of injection before surgery.Methods: The databases of PubMed, Embase and Google Scholar were searched up to 15th June 2021. All studies comparing the incidence of PJI with and without prior intra-articular injections were included. Risk ratios (RR) with 95% confidence intervals were calculated for PJI.Results: Nineteen studies were included. Both corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid injections were used before TJA in the included studies. Overall, comparing 127,163 patients with prior intra-articular injections and 394,104 patients without any injections, we noted a statistically significant increased risk of PJI in the injection group (RR 1.24 95% CI: 1.11, 1.38 I2 = 48% p = 0.002). On subgroup analysis, there was a statistically significant increased risk of PJI in the injection group in studies where intra-articular injections were administered &lt;12 months before surgery (RR 1.18 95% CI: 1.10, 1.27 I2 = 7% p &lt; 0.00001). Furthermore, on meta-analysis, we noted non-significant but increased risk of PJI when injections were administered 1 month (RR 1.47 95% CI: 0.88, 2.46 I2 = 77% p = 0.14), 0–3 months (RR 1.22 95% CI: 0.96, 1.56 I2 = 84% p = 0.11), and 3–6 months (RR 1.16 95% CI: 0.99, 1.35 I2 = 49% p = 0.06) before surgery.Conclusion: Our results indicate that patients with prior intra-articular injections have a small but statistically significant increased risk of PJI after TJA. Considering that PJI is a catastrophic complication with huge financial burden, morbidity and mortality; the clinical significance of this small risk cannot be dismissed. The question of the timing of injections and the risk of PJI still remains and can have a significant impact on the decision making.Systematic Review Registration: PROSPERO: CRD42021258297.


2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. DeFrancesco ◽  
Michael C. Fu ◽  
Cynthia A. Kahlenberg ◽  
Andy O. Miller ◽  
Mathias P. Bostrom

2021 ◽  
Vol Publish Ahead of Print ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Parkinson ◽  
Peter McEwen ◽  
Matthew Wilkinson ◽  
Kaushik Hazratwala ◽  
Jorgen Hellman ◽  
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