Baldan Rossella, Sendi Parham
Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Centre for Musculoskeletal Infections, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2020 Nov 10;7:580671. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2020.580671. eCollection 2020.
Orthopedic biofilm infections are difficult to treat and require a multidisciplinary approach to diagnostics and management. Recent advances in the field include methods to disrupt biofilm, sequencing tools, and antibiotic susceptibility tests for bacteria residing in biofilm. The observation of interclonal differences in biofilm properties of the causative microorganisms, together with considerations of comorbidities and polypharmacy in a growing aging population, calls for a personalized approach to treat these infections. In this article, we highlight aspects of precision medicine that may open new perspectives in the diagnosis and management of orthopedic biofilm infections.
骨科生物膜感染难以治疗,需要多学科方法进行诊断和管理。该领域的最新进展包括破坏生物膜的方法、测序工具以及针对生物膜中细菌的抗生素敏感性测试。致病微生物生物膜特性的克隆间差异观察,以及对日益老龄化人群中共存疾病和多种药物治疗情况的考虑,都要求采用个性化方法来治疗这些感染。在本文中,我们重点介绍精准医学的各个方面,这些方面可能为骨科生物膜感染的诊断和管理开辟新的视角。