title: Prosthetic joints: shining lights on challenging blind spots.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke & Winchester, UK; University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton, UK. Electronic address: kordosaeed@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Kordo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saeed
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke & Winchester, UK; University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton, UK; Rare and Imported Pathogens Department, Public Health England, UK.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dryden
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Santa Maria Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bassetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Hôpital Joseph Ducuing, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bonnet
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouza
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore; Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke & Winchester, UK; University of Southampton Medical School, Southampton, UK; Gibraltar Health Authority, St Bernard's Hospital, Gibraltar.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cortes
authors.affiliation: Global and Tropical Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, NT, Department of Infectious Diseases, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: Joshua S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Esposito
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic-Traumatology Department, Joseph Ducuing Hospital, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.affiliation: Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gould
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester, UK.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hartwright
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lye
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marin
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, University Hospital Llandough, Cardiff, UK.
authors.forename: Rhidian
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morgan-Jones
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma & Orthopaedics, Hospital 'Vega Baja' Orihuela, Alicante, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lajara-Marco
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Santa Maria Misericordia Hospital, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Elda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Righi
authors.affiliation: Centro di Chirurgia Ricostruttiva e delle Infezioni Osteo-articolari, Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo Luca
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Romano
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Segreti
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Serhat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Hywel Dda University Health Board, Wales, UK.
authors.forename: Rhodri Llywelyn
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ata Nevzat
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Yalcin
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D001178:Arthroplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003955:Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Arthroplasty; Implant; Loosening; Prosthetic joint infection; Total hip arthroplasty; Total knee arthroplasty