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Andreas Mavrogenis
1st Orthopedic Dept. Attikon
Athens, Greece
What’s new in the literature?
Orthopaedic device infections
Antibiotic Therapy for 6 or 12 Weeks for Prosthetic Joint Infection
Bernard et al. New England Journal of Medicine 2021; 384:1991-2001
Safety of Tedizolid as Suppressive Antimicrobial Therapy for Patients With Complex Implant-Associated Bone and Joint Infection due to Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Pathogens: Results From the TediSAT Cohort Study
Ferry T et al. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 8, Issue 7, July 2021, ofab351
https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab351
Cardiac device infections
Risk Factors for CIED Infection After Secondary Procedures: Insights From the WRAP-IT Trial
Tarakji KG et al. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2021 Sep 18;S2405-500X(21)00766-0.
doi: 10.1016/j.jacep.2021.08.009
Vascular graft infections
Microbial evolution of vascular graft infections in a tertiary hospital based on positive graft cultures
Gouveia e Meto R et al. J Vasc Surg 2021 Jul;74(1):276-284.e4.
Other implants
Infectious Complication in Relation to the Prophylactic Mesh Position: The PRIMA Trial Revisited.
Van den Dop et al. J Am Coll Surg 2021 May;232(5):738-745.
Past courses
ESGIAI Post-graduate Educational course Online, 2 June 2021
Implant associated infection: basic principles of diagnosis and treatment
Glimpse of the course:
This one day online course covered the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment options for implant-associated infections along with 3 case discusssions.
Over 75 attendees from 27 different countries around the globe!
Faculty includes:
Yvonne Achermann, Eric Bonnet, Stephane Corvec, Jaime Esteban, Efthymia Giannitsioti, Andor Glaudemans, Tobias Kramer, Frederic Laurent, Jaime Lora-Tamayo, Anette Moter, Antonios Papadopoulos, Parham Sendi, Eric Senneville, Alex Soriano, Rihard Trebse and Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker.
ESGIAI Post-graduate Educational course Groningen, Netherlands, 12-14 June 2019
Glimpse of the course:
Lectures and case discussions on orthopaedic device related infections, vascular graft infections and cerebral shunt infections.
More than 20 nationalities present, including visitors from Australia, South America and United States!
Members of the ESGIAI Executive Committee
Alex Soriano, Antonios Papadopoulos (past members)
Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Tobias Kramer (new members)