Implant infections: focus on prosthetic joint and fracture-related infections

Event Description

This two-day postgraduate course focuses on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of implant-associated infections, with a special emphasis on Prosthetic Joint Infections (PJI) and Fracture-Related Infections (FRI). Participants will gain a multidisciplinary perspective, combining expertise from infectious diseases, microbiology, and orthopaedic surgery. The program integrates lectures, panel discussions, case-based learning, debates, and interactive polls to foster practical decision-making skills relevant to high-resource and low- to middle-income settings.

Intended audience: 

Infectious diseases physicians; Clinical microbiologists; Orthopaedic surgeons; Internal medicine specialists; Residents/ fellows in infectious diseases, orthopaedics, and microbiology; Clinical pharmacists involved in antimicrobial stewardship.

Objectives:

• Describe the epidemiology, pathogenesis, and classification systems for PJI and FRI.
• Apply current diagnostic criteria, including microbiological, histopathological, and imaging modalities.
• Select optimal surgical and antimicrobial strategies tailored to patient and infection characteristics.
• Interpret complex and culture-negative cases using a structured diagnostic approach.
• Recognise common pitfalls in diagnosis and treatment and implement strategies to avoid them.
• Engage in interdisciplinary management and decision-making for implant infections.

Course coordinator:

Deepak Kumar, Jodhpur, India
Akshatha Ravindra, Manipal, India

Organisers: 

ESGIAI – Implant-associated infections
All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, India
Clinical Infectious Diseases Society, India (CIDS India)
 
Accreditation:

This course has been granted 9.5 European CME credits (ECMEC®s) by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®). Each participant can only receive the number of credits according to actual participation in the event and upon completion of the feedback survey.

Certification:

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Participants are required to attend at least 70% of live sessions to be eligible to receive a certificate.

Course Time Zone:

All ESCMID online courses are based on Central European Time (CET) and Central European Summer Time (CEST).

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