2022
Concurrent targeting of glycolysis in bacteria and host cell inflammation in septic arthritis
Kwon H, Yu K, Cahill S, Alder K, Dussik C, Kim S, Sharma L, Back J, Oh I, Lee F. Concurrent targeting of glycolysis in bacteria and host cell inflammation in septic arthritis. EMBO Molecular Medicine 2022, 14: emmm202115284. PMID: 36354099, PMCID: PMC9728052, DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202115284.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug dimethyl fumarateSeptic arthritisIntracellular MRSABacterial joint infectionSoft tissue infectionsAnti-inflammatory effectsInfection-associated inflammationNovel therapeutic paradigmContext of infectionConventional antibiotic treatmentHost cellsAdjuvant administrationSurgical treatmentTissue infectionsClinical symptomsInflammatory machineryJoint infectionBacterial burdenAntibiotic treatmentCell inflammationHost inflammationArthritisInflammationIntraarticular inflammationTherapeutic paradigm
2020
Clinical utilization of species‐specific immunoassays for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in orthopedic infections
Sulovari A, Ninomiya MJ, Beck CA, Ricciardi BF, Ketonis C, Mesfin A, Kaplan NB, Soin SP, McDowell SM, Mahmood B, Daiss JL, Schwarz EM, Oh I. Clinical utilization of species‐specific immunoassays for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in orthopedic infections. Journal Of Orthopaedic Research® 2020, 39: 2141-2150. PMID: 33274775, PMCID: PMC8175449, DOI: 10.1002/jor.24935.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsFracture-related infectionMusculoskeletal infectionsOrthopedic infectionsHigh diagnostic potentialCultured peripheral blood mononuclear cellsDiagnostic potentialDeep musculoskeletal infectionSignificant patient morbidityBlood mononuclear cellsDiabetic foot ulcersAntigen-specific IgGPeriprosthetic joint infectionStaphylococcus aureusInfection patientsSeptic arthritisSurgical treatmentCurrent diagnostic methodsFoot ulcersJoint infectionAntibody titersMononuclear cellsPatient morbidityPolymicrobial infectionsAntibiotic use