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July 10, 2026CureusOpen Access

Acute Periprosthetic Joint Infection After Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: Experience From a Secondary Public Hospital in Northern Mexico

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DADiego Emmanuel Almeida-MuñozAVAlexis Valenzuela-GonzálezRCRubén Cuevas-Martínez

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Overview

Retrospective review measures acute infection incidence post knee arthroplasty, indicating a need for preventive guidelines.

Key Points

  • This research aims to measure the incidence of acute periprosthetic joint infection after total knee arthroplasty and describe patient characteristics.
  • Retrospective review of medical records of 104 knee arthroplasty patients from October 2024 to September 2025
  • Analyzed 102 primary unilateral TKAs performed for osteoarthritis
  • Defined acute PJI using MSIS and IDSA criteria.
  • Two patients developed acute PJI, resulting in an incidence of 2.0% (2/102; 95% CI: 0.5-6.9%)
  • Cohort demographics included 56.9% females, with notable comorbidities like diabetes (24.5%) and hypertension (44.1%)
  • Both patients resolved their infections after debridement and antibiotics, with no recurrence over 12 months of follow-up.

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Almeida-Muñoz et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a508ea56eeac72a437a1729https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.112273
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