Phage therapy: the next frontier in managing periprosthetic joint infection?

JW Kennedy, JD Jones, RMD Meek - The Bone & Joint Journal, 2024 - boneandjoint.org.uk
Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a significant challenge in orthopaedic surgery. Several
operations, protracted treatment, and the high associated morbidity have a very detrimental …

Current review—the rise of bacteriophage as a unique therapeutic platform in treating peri‐prosthetic joint infections

ZZ Akanda, M Taha, H Abdelbary - Journal of Orthopaedic …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Peri‐prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is one of the most serious and dreaded complications
after total joint replacement (TJR). Due to an aging population and the constant rise in …

How Effective Is Phage Therapy for Prosthetic Joint Infections? A Preliminary Systematic Review and Proportional Meta-Analysis of Early Outcomes

J Young, N Mehta, SW Lee, EK Rodriguez - Medicina, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Despite the promise of phage therapy (PT), its efficacy in
prosthetic joint infection (PJI) management is unknown. Much of the current literature is …

A review of phage therapy for bone and joint infections

T Ferry - Bacteriophage Therapy: From Lab to Clinical Practice, 2023 - Springer
There is a strong rationale for using phages in patients with bone and joint infections (BJIs).
Indeed, specific phages can infect and replicate in bacterial pathogens and have also …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriophage therapy and current delivery strategies for orthopedic infections: A SCOPING review

J Young, SW Lee, MJ Shariyate, A Cronin, JJ Wixted… - Journal of Infection, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Interest in phages as adjunctive therapy to treat difficult infections has grown in
the last decade. However, phage dosing and delivery for orthopedic infections have not …

Bacteriophage therapy in musculoskeletal infections: from basic science to clinical application

T Ferry, J Onsea, T Roussel-Gaillard… - EFORT Open …, 2024 - eor.bioscientifica.com
The treatment of musculoskeletal infections (MSIs), including periprosthetic joint infection
(PJI) and fracture-related infection (FRI), is often complicated by biofilm-related challenges …

The rationale for using bacteriophage to treat and prevent periprosthetic joint infections

JD Van Belleghem, R Manasherob… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a devastating complication after a joint replacement. PJI and
its treatment have a high monetary cost, morbidity, and mortality. The lack of success treating …

Phage therapy in orthopaedic implant-associated infections

P Rogóż, DF Amanatullah, R Międzybrodzki… - Phage therapy: a …, 2019 - Springer
Implant-associated infection (IAI) remains a significant issue in orthopaedic surgery.
Bacteriophages are naturally occurring viruses that kill bacteria. Bacteriophages are being …

Bacteriophage therapy for periprosthetic joint infections: current limitations and research needed to advance this therapeutic

JB Doub, K Urish, B Chan - Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteriophage therapy is a promising treatment for periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs),
particularly given these agents have innate abilities to degrade the biofilm matrix and lyse …

The safety and efficacy of phage therapy for bone and joint infections: a systematic review

AL Clarke, S De Soir, JD Jones - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has catalysed interest in alternative antimicrobial
strategies. Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses of bacteria with a long history of successful …