Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection in elective total hip and knee arthroplasty following eradication therapy

Jayaweera Arachchige Asela Sampath Jayaweera

doi:10.5312/wjo.v13.i7.676

Risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection in elective total hip and knee arthroplasty following eradication therapy

World J Orthop. 2022 Jul 18;13(7):676-678. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v13.i7.676.

Author

Jayaweera Arachchige Asela Sampath Jayaweera¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura 50008, Sri Lanka. jaas071@gmail.com.

Abstract

Re-screening following methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decolonization will be helpful to minimize the development of prosthetic joint infection among MRSA colonizers.

Keywords: MRSA decolonization; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization; Prosthetic joint implantation; Prosthetic joint infections.