A Modern Approach to Biofilm-Related Orthopaedic Implant Infections

1. The Concept of Biofilm-Related Implant Malfunction and “Low-Grade Infection”
Carlo Luca Romanò, Delia Romanò, Ilaria Morelli, Lorenzo Drago

2. Mechanisms of Bacterial Colonization of Implants and Host Response
Christof Wagner, G. Maria Hänsch

3. Animal Models of Implant-Related Low-Grade Infections. A Twenty-Year Review
Arianna Barbara Lovati, Marta Bottagisio, Elena Vecchi, Enrico Gallazzi, Lorenzo Drago

4. Microbiological Diagnosis of Implant-Related Infections: Scientific Evidence and Cost/Benefit Analysis of Routine Antibiofilm Processing
Lorenzo Drago, Elena Vecchi

5. The Role of Biomarkers for the Diagnosis of Implant-Related Infections in Orthopaedics and Trauma
Abtin Alvand, Maryam Rezapoor, Javad Parvizi

6. Antibacterial Bioactive Glass, S53P4, for Chronic Bone Infections – A Multinational Study
Nina Lindfors, Jan Geurts, Lorenzo Drago, J. J. Arts, Vesa Juutilainen, Pekka Hyvönen, Arnold J. Suda, Aloj Domenico, Stefano Artiaco, Chingiz Alizadeh, Adrian Brychcy, Jertzy Bialecki, Carlo L. Romanò

7. Prosthetic Joint Infections and Cost Analysis?
F. S. Haddad, A. Ngu, J. J. Negus

8. Algorithm to Diagnose Delayed and Late PJI: Role of Joint Aspiration
Olivier Borens, Pablo S. Corona, Lars Frommelt, Stergios Lazarinis, Michael Richard Reed, Carlo Luca Romano

9. Erratum: Microbiological Diagnosis of Implant-Related Infections: Scientific Evidence and Cost/Benefit Analysis of Routine Antibiofilm Processing
Lorenzo Drago, Elena Vecchi

10. Erratum: Antibacterial Bioactive Glass, S53P4, for Chronic Bone Infections – A Multinational Study
Nina Lindfors, Jan Geurts, Lorenzo Drago, J. J. Arts, Vesa Juutilainen, Pekka Hyvönen, Arnold J. Suda, Aloj Domenico, Stefano Artiaco, Chingiz Alizadeh, Adrian Brychcy, Jertzy Bialecki, Carlo L. Romanò

Keywords: Biomedicine, Medical Microbiology, Bacteriology