The goal of this podcast is to have both infectious disease physicians and orthopedic surgeons sit down to discuss the “joint†prevention, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal infections. We break down the existing data and open the lines of communication between the medical and surgical specialties to help navigate these challenging clinical cases.
Musculoskeletal Infection Society/European Bone and Joint Infection Society
Listen in as hosts Drs. Jessica Seidelman and Johannes Plate speak with Professor Parham Sendi about systemic antibiotics for the treatment of bone and joint infections. They discuss treatment of a patient with chronic infection and retained hardware. FOLLOW us on twitter @jointapproach or instragram @jointapproachpodcast for more announcements and content, and reach out to us at jointapproachpodcast@gmail.com
In the conclusion of this episode on interpreting cell cultures, Drs. Jessica Seidelman and Johannes Plate continue their discussion with Drs. Robin Patel and Martin Clauss focused on intra-operative diagnostics, including: Techniques to open the joint and take the fluid Importance of location matter Number of cultures Tests to request: fungal and AFB - are these for everyone? Cell count and intraoperative frozen sections. FOLLOW us on X, formerly twitter @jointapproach, or instragram @jointapproachpodcast for more announcements and content, and reach out to us at jointapproachpodcast@gmail.com
Co-hosts Drs. Jessica Seidelman and Johannes Plate chat with Drs. Robin Patel and Martin Clauss about taking and interpreting cell cultures and pre-operative diagnostics including: Main causes of a culture-negative PJI Techniques available to help diagnose a PJI when previous standard cultures have been negative Importance of technique Kinds of tests Patient antibiotic management to optimize intraoperative yield. FOLLOW us on X, formerly twitter @jointapproach or instragram @jointapproachpodcast for more announcements and content, and reach out to us at jointapproachpodcast@gmail.com.
Co-hosts Drs. Jessica Seidelman and Johannes Plate talk with Drs. Laura Certain and Rihard Trebse about the perspectives of the Orthopedic surgeon and the Infectious Disease physician and the importance of collaboration to manage patient infections.