title: Proceedings of scientific instructional conference on local antibiotic therapy on prevention and treatment of infections in orthopaedics and traumatology.
abstract: Proceedings of scientific instructional conference which was held on 7th July 2012 in Józefów near Warsaw. Dring the Conference the cectures were presented by leading experts - Dr. David Jenkins, clinical microbiology consultant from the University Hospital in Leicester, Professor Harald Knaepler, head of the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics in Wetzlar, Germany, Dr. David Jahoda, head of the department of orthopedic infections, Motol University Hospital, Prague, and Professor Wojciech Marczyński, head of the Department of Orthopaedics, The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Teaching Hospital in Otwock, who was also the Conference moderator. The meeting was the opportunity to clarify the indications and contraindications to the use of local antibiotic therapy in the treatment of infectious complications after surgical procedures  and focus on practical aspects of clinical microbiology and its important contribution to the identification and resolution of problems with infectious complications in orthopedics and traumatology.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Professor Adam Gruca Teaching Hospital, Otwock, Poland. klin_ortop.a.grucy@wp.pl
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okapa
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Marczyński
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolbuszewski
mesh_terms: D059250:Administration, Metronomic; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004343:Drug Implants; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D015503:Surgical Sponges; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014194:Traumatology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D004343:Drug Implants; D005839:Gentamicins