• Daptomycin Use in Children: Experience with Various Types of Infection and Age Groups 

      Syrogiannopoulos G.A., Michoula A.N., Petinaki E., Grivea I.N. (2017)
      Background: In Greece, there are high rates of methicillin (40%-60%) and clindamycin (15%-25%) resistance among community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Therefore, we sought to identify other antimicrobial treatment ...
    • Is sonication superior to dithiothreitol in diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections? A meta-analysis 

      Tsikopoulos K., Christofilos S.I., Kitridis D., Sidiropoulos K., Stoikos P.N., Gravalidis C., Givissis P., Papaioannidou P. (2022)
      Purpose: Even though effective techniques in diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs) have been developed, the optimal modality has yet to be determined. The present meta-analysis aimed to compare the diagnostic ...
    • Musculoskeletal infection in orthopaedic trauma: Assessment of the 2018 international consensus meeting on musculoskeletal infection 

      Obremskey W.T., Metsemakers W.-J., Schlatterer D.R., Tetsworth K., Egol K., Kates S., McNally M., Gibbons J., Kenny P., Stangl P., Patzakis M.J., Ferreira N., Tornetta P., III, Suda A.J., O'Hara N., Salles M.J.C., Bhashyam A.R., Morgenstern M., Manrique J., Malizos K.N., Giannoudis P., Nana A., Egol K.A., Kleftouris G., Reyes F., Klement M.R., Bautista M., Linke P., Citak M., Abdelaziz H., Ecker N.U., Suero E., Caba P., Marais L., Haasper C., Papakostidis C., Natoli R.M., Aldahamsheh O., Abuodeh Y., Quinnan S., Suarez C., Conway J.D., Sánchez Correa C.A., Leal J.A., Zalavras C., Komnos G., Shope A.J., Saxena A., Fram B., Akesson P., Haggard W.O., Vahedi H., Athanaselis E., Pesantez R., Lowenberg D.W., Gleason B., Hendershot E.F., Amaris G., Kates S.L., Chang G., Archdeacon M.T., Pinzón A., Shetty R.P., Chan J., McNally M.A., Shaffer A., Schlatterer D.R., Harris M., Matsushita K., Kvederas G., Garcia M.F., Swiontkowski M.F., Kallel S., Gutierrez V., Alt V., O'Toole R.V., Watson J.T., ICM Orthopaedic Trauma Work Group (2020)
      Fracture-related infections (FRIs) are among the most common complications following fracture fixation, and they have a huge economic and functional impact on patients. Because consensus guidelines with respect to prevention, ...