The 2023 Orthopedic Research Society's international consensus meeting on musculoskeletal infection: Summary from the in vitro section

Noreen J. Hickok, Bingyun Li, Ebru Oral, Sebastian A. J. Zaat, David A. Armbruster, Gerald J. Atkins, Antonia F. Chen, D. bora C. Coraça-Huber, Tianhong Dai, Edward M. Greenfield, Rajendra Kasinath, Matthew Libera, Cláudia N. H. Marques, T. Fintan Moriarty, K. Scott Phillips, Kapil Raghuraman, Dacheng Ren, Lia Rimondini, Kordo Saeed, Thomas P. SchaerEdward M. Schwarz, Christopher Spiegel, Paul Stoodley, Vi Khanh Truong, Shao-Ting Jerry Tsang, Britt Wildemann, Anja R. Zelmer, Annelies S. Zinkernagel

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Abstract

Antimicrobial strategies for musculoskeletal infections are typically first developed with in vitro models. The In Vitro Section of the 2023 Orthopedic Research Society Musculoskeletal Infection international consensus meeting (ICM) probed our state of knowledge of in vitro systems with respect to bacteria and biofilm phenotype, standards, in vitro activity, and the ability to predict in vivo efficacy. A subset of ICM delegates performed systematic reviews on 15 questions and made recommendations and assessment of the level of evidence that were then voted on by 72 ICM delegates. Here, we report recommendations and rationale from the reviews and the results of the internet vote. Only two questions received a ≥90% consensus vote, emphasizing the disparate approaches and lack of established consensus for in vitro modeling and interpretation of results. Comments on knowledge gaps and the need for further research on these critical MSKI questions are included.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)512-517
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of orthopaedic research
Volume42
Issue number3
Early online date2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2024

Keywords

  • antimicrobial
  • biofilm
  • in vitro models
  • international consensus meeting (ICM)
  • musculoskeletal infection (MSKI)

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