title: Italian guidelines for the diagnosis and infectious disease management of osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infections in adults.
abstract: Bone and joint infections are recognized as difficult-to-treat infections that result in significant morbidity and mortality among patients and increased healthcare costs. This article presents the recommendations for the diagnosis and management of osteomyelitis and prosthetic joint infections in adults developed by Bone and Joint Infections Committee for the Italian Society of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. It contains data published through to November 2007. An evidence-based scoring system that is used by the Infectious Diseases Society of America was applied to treatment recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Malattie Infettive, Seconda Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy. silvanoesposito@libero.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Borrè
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leoncini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venditti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mazzotta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D019090:Case Management; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents