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Chinese Journal of Injury Repair and Wound Healing(Electronic Edition) ›› 2025, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (06): 476-489. doi: 10.3877/cma.j.issn.1673-9450.2025.06.004

• Guideline and Consensus •    

Expert consensus on the use of antibiotics for periprosthetic joint infection after unicompartmental knee arthroplasty

National Orthopedic Medical Center Knee Preservation Alliance, Chinese Aging Well Association Bone and Joint Protection and Health Branch, Expert Consensus Working Group on Antibiotic Therapy for Posteroperative Infection after Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty   

  • Received:2025-06-12 Online:2025-12-01 Published:2025-12-08

Abstract:

Antibiotic management for periprosthetic joint infection following unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA-PJI) faces multiple challenges, which lack of standardized protocols, significant influence of surgical approach and host factors on treatment strategies, and ongoing controversies regarding management of culture-negative PJI (CN-PJI), timing of intravenous-to-oral antibiotic conversion, local antibiotic delivery strategies, and Rifampicin use. To address these issues, leading academic organizations have collaboratively developed this consensus document based on evidence-based medicine principles, aiming to standardize and guide individualized therapeutic practices. The consensus working group synthesized available evidence-based evidence alongside clinical experience. Through multiple rounds of expert deliberation and employing the grading of recommendations assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) system and the reporting items for practice guidelines in healthcare (RIGHT) statement, this consensus systematically formulates an antibiotic management strategy for UKA-PJI. This document seeks to provide clinicians with an evidence-based reference for antibiotic decision-making in UKA-PJI, with the ultimate goals of enhancing infection control rates, reducing antimicrobial resistance risks, ensuring patient safety, and promoting rational antimicrobial use.

Key words: Arthroplasty,replacement,knee, Prostheses and implants, Anti- bacterial agents, Expert consensus

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