Abstract
The Second International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2018. Over 800 international experts from all 9 subspecialties of orthopedic surgery and allied fields of infectious disease, microbiology, and epidemiology were assembled to form a consensus workgroup. The following proceedings on the prevention of periprosthetic shoulder infection come from 16 questions evaluated by delegates from the shoulder section.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | S13-S31 |
Journal | Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2019 |
Keywords
- Cutibacterium acnes
- MRSA
- Prevention
- antibiotic prophylaxis
- antibiotic-impregnated cement
- chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG)
- periprosthetic shoulder infection
- shoulder arthroplasty
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine