Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, Roberto Carlos Lyra da Silva, John C Elfar, Abduljabbar Alhammoud, Isam Sami Moghamis, Bendenikt W Burkhardt, Joachim M Oertel, Stefan Landgraeber, Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira de Carvalho, Ivo Abraham, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Ernesto Martinez, Morgan P Lorio
PURPOSE: Bone and joint infections, complicated by the burgeoning challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), pose significant public health threats by amplifying the disease burden globally. We leveraged results from the 2019 Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) to explore the impact of AMR attributed to bone and joint infections in terms of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), elucidating the contemporary status and temporal trends. METHODS: Utilizing GBD 2019 data, we summarized the burden of bone and joint infections attributed to AMR across 195 countries and territories in the 30 years from 1990 to 2019...
March 19, 2024: International Orthopaedics