Precision Medicine in the Diagnosis and Management of Orthopedic Biofilm Infections

Orthopedic biofilm infections are difficult to treat and require a multidisciplinary approach to diagnostics and management. Recent advances in the field include methods to disrupt biofilm, sequencing tools, and antibiotic susceptibility tests for bacteria residing in biofilm. The observation of int...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in medicine Jg. 7; S. 580671
Hauptverfasser: Baldan, Rossella, Sendi, Parham
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Lausanne Frontiers Media SA 10.11.2020
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ISSN:2296-858X, 2296-858X
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Zusammenfassung:Orthopedic biofilm infections are difficult to treat and require a multidisciplinary approach to diagnostics and management. Recent advances in the field include methods to disrupt biofilm, sequencing tools, and antibiotic susceptibility tests for bacteria residing in biofilm. The observation of interclonal differences in biofilm properties of the causative microorganisms, together with considerations of comorbidities and polypharmacy in a growing aging population, calls for a personalized approach to treat these infections. In this article, we highlight aspects of precision medicine that may open new perspectives in the diagnosis and management of orthopedic biofilm infections.
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Reviewed by: Laura Morata, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain; Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands
This article was submitted to Infectious Diseases - Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment, a section of the journal Frontiers in Medicine
Edited by: Alex Soriano, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
ISSN:2296-858X
2296-858X
DOI:10.3389/fmed.2020.580671