Musculoskeletal Infections

The care of patients with diverse musculoskeletal infections has been a critical part of the subspecialty of Infectious Diseases since the development of antibiotics, and remains so today. As populations of the aged and immunocompromised expand, as the microbiological and surgical complexities of patients increase, and as the indications for and popularity of orthopedic interventions continue to grow, the role of infectious disease-trained physicians in the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of musculoskeletal infections has grown. The Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), across 70th Street from New York Presbyterian Hospital / Weill Cornell campus, specializes in the Orthopedics,  Rheumatology, and related disciplines. HSS is nationally ranked as #1 for Orthopedics and #2 in Rheumatology (US News & World Report) and has the highest volume of orthopedic surgery in the United States. ID consults at HSS are likely to involve patients with infections of prosthetic joints or other orthopedic grafts and hardware, and patients with infectious complications of a variety of rheumatologic diseases and therapies.  In addition to the consultative clinical role of our group, the HSS ID unit helps to lead infection prevention, antibiotic stewardship, and quality efforts within the hospital, and is involved in a spectrum of multidisciplinary studies.   

The HSS Infectious Diseases Fellowship rotation provides substantial clinical exposure to our unique patient population, and the clinical problem-solving process we use to analyze, diagnose, and treat these patients.  For interested house staff and fellows, inquiries regarding academic research opportunities are welcome.

Selected Bibliography:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38677347/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38556655/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38166164/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35286225/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36448782/

Henry MW, Brause BD, Miller AO. Infection and Perioperative Orthopedic Care. In: Perioperative Care of the Orthopedic Patient, 2nd Edition; Eds. CR MacKenzie, CN Cornell, SG Memtsoudis. Springer, New York, Chapter 27, pp 327-341, 2020.

Carli AV, Miller AO, Kapadia M, Chiu YF, Westrich GH, Brause BD, Henry MW. Assessing the Role of Daptomycin as Antibiotic Therapy for Staphylococcal Prosthetic Joint Infection. J Bone Jt Infect. 2020 Mar 30;5(2):82-88.