What an incredible week in Porto! 🇵🇹🎙️🦴
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who stopped us at #MSISEBJIS2026 to say hello and share your support for The Joint Approach. Meeting so many listeners in person was truly a highlight! ❤️
We have lots of exciting episodes ahead—stay tuned!
Dr. Jessica Seidelman — infectious disease at Duke, co-host of the Joint Approach podcast — joins the MSIS Board as Member-at-Large and the presidential line.
Congratulations, Dr. Seidelman.
Does longer antibiotic therapy improve outcomes after spinal implant infection? SPIRIT 1 says: not necessarily. In 499 patients across 10 centers, >12 weeks of antibiotics showed no significant benefit over shorter courses.
"Systemic antibiotics alone are not sufficient" for fracture-related infections. Dr. Levack & Dr. Seidelman break down the multidisciplinary approach in @HealioOrtho. #MSIS#FractureInfection#OrthoID
https://t.co/W5SWdFRZbU
Coming 5/19: Should prolonged antimicrobials be given after reimplantation with negative cultures? The Joint Approach tackles this ICM question in a must-listen two-part series. #MSIS#PJI#AntibioticStewardship
Antibiotic Duration after Debridement and Implant Retention for Early Postoperative Spinal Implant Infections: A Multicenter Cohort Study https://t.co/zSwneTyrcD
Antibiotic Duration after Debridement and Implant Retention for Early Postoperative Spinal Implant Infections: A Multicenter Cohort Study https://t.co/zSwneTyrcD
Prolonged antibiotic therapy doesn't show improved outcomes in early postoperative spinal implant infections!
Can I see some ID?
Study reports fellows spending time in multi-disciplinary ID/ortho clinic gain tools to manage PJI in practice.
Who managed PJI in your practice? @alexisgaskin32@drsebheaven@Tarheel1991
https://t.co/OvaWURCYmM
VA: @aschwartz45
New from @StephSweitzer et al
Authors show minimally invasive surgery is associated with decreased risk of surgical site infection
📄: https://t.co/53Z6E2fx4b
New from @JessieSeidelman et al
Authors present an investigation and mitigation of a cluster of extra-pulmonary M. abscessus infections linked to heater-cooler device (HCD) contamination despite going above and beyond the manufacturer’s IFU 🔎
📄: https://t.co/tXj3fpl59g
New from @JessieSeidelman et al
Authors show blood culture algorithms can safely be implemented in surgical ICUs without increased risk of death, increase in antibiotic use, or readmission rate.
📄: https://t.co/9U1xCcpN4O