Diagnostics and Antibiotic Therapy in Bone and Joint Infections
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382). This special issue belongs to the section "Antibiotic Therapy in Infectious Diseases".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 9
Special Issue Editors
Interests: periprosthetic joint infection (PJI); fracture-related infection (FRI); septic revision arthroplasty; surgical site antisepsis; local antibiotic therapy; diagnostic biomarkers; multidisciplinary infection management; outcome analysis after musculoskeletal infection; implant-associated biofilm; artificial intelligence in infection diagnostics; clinical study design and investigator-initiated trials
Interests: Bone and joint infections (BJI); arthroplasty; osteomyelitis; immune responses to BJI; antibiotics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the forthcoming Special Issue of Antibiotics, titled “Diagnostics and Antibiotic Therapy in Bone and Joint Infections”.
Bone and joint infections represent a complex clinical challenge, often requiring timely diagnosis and multidisciplinary management to ensure optimal clinical and functional outcomes. Despite advances in imaging, microbiology, surgical techniques, and antimicrobial stewardship, significant gaps remain in our understanding and standardization of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
This Special Issue aims to bring together high-quality original research (clinical or experimental) and comprehensive reviews that explore current trends, innovative diagnostic tools, surgical strategies, and evolving antibiotic regimens in the management of osteomyelitis, implant-related infections, and other musculoskeletal infections.
We warmly invite researchers, clinicians, microbiologists, and infectious disease specialists to contribute their relevant work to this issue. Submissions addressing novel biomarkers, rapid diagnostic techniques, biofilm-related challenges, antibiotic resistance, the use of new local antimicrobial carriers, and alternative treatment algorithms for bone and joint infections are particularly encouraged.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Dr. Sebastian Meller
Dr. Stavros Goumenos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bone and joint infections
- osteomyelitis
- implant-related infections
- diagnostics
- antimicrobials
- antibiotic therapy
- PJI management
- surgical site antisepsis
- local antibiotic therapy
- diagnostic biomarkers
- multidisciplinary infection management
- outcome analysis after musculoskeletal infection
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