Diagnostics and Antibiotic Therapy in Bone and Joint Infections

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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