Infection after total joint replacement of the hip and knee: research programme including the INFORM RCT

Blom, Ashley W; Beswick, Andrew D; Burston, Amanda; Carroll, Fran E; Garfield, Kirsty; Gooberman-Hill, Rachael; Harris, Shaun; Kunutsor, Setor K; Lane, Athene; Lenguerrand, Erik; MacGowan, Alasdair; Mallon, Charlotte; Moore, Andrew J; Noble, Sian; Palmer, Cecily K; Rolfson, Ola; Strange, Simon; Whitehouse, Michael R

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This research programme identified risk factors, diagnostic biomarkers and patient preferences for treatment of prosthetic joint infection, and showed single-stage to be as good as and cheaper than two-stage revision.

Ashley W Blom , Andrew D Beswick , Amanda Burston , Fran E Carroll , Kirsty Garfield , Rachael Gooberman-Hill , Shaun Harris , Setor K Kunutsor , Athene Lane , Erik Lenguerrand , Alasdair MacGowan , Charlotte Mallon , Andrew J Moore , Sian Noble , Cecily K Palmer , Ola Rolfson , Simon Strange & Michael R Whitehouse .

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Ashley W Blom ^1,^2,^*, Andrew D Beswick ², Amanda Burston ², Fran E Carroll ³, Kirsty Garfield ^3,⁴, Rachael Gooberman-Hill ², Shaun Harris ^3,⁴, Setor K Kunutsor ^1,², Athene Lane ^3,⁴, Erik Lenguerrand ², Alasdair MacGowan ⁵, Charlotte Mallon ², Andrew J Moore ², Sian Noble ³, Cecily K Palmer ^3,⁶, Ola Rolfson ^2,⁷, Simon Strange ², Michael R Whitehouse ^1,²

¹ National Institute for Health and Care Research Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
² Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
³ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
⁴ Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK
⁶ National Institute for Health and Care Research Applied Research Collaboration West (NIHR ARC West), University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
⁷ Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
^* Corresponding author Email: Ashley.Blom@bristol.ac.uk

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