Prosthetic joint infections to become even bigger

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The incident of such infections in prosthetic joints is expected to grow exponentially as the population ages and more hip and knee replacements are conducted. It’s expected that by 2020 about 2 million patients each year will receive a hip or knee replacement, of which about 2% to 3% will develop the debilitating infections that have become more drug-resistant and drug-tolerant, EnBiotix said.

The current standard of care to treat prosthetic joint infection “salvage therapy failures” is an expensive two-step surgical process that involves removing the joint, debridement, and replacement of the joint.

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