Orthopaedic infections such as joint prosthesis infections (PJI) or bone infections (osteomyelitis) are rare infections, but difficult to diagnose and treat.
Together with a well-functioning interdisciplinary treatment team of orthopaedists, internists and microbiologists, we make recommendations for the least invasive but most successful surgical and antibiotic therapy. Twice-weekly infectious disease rounds are carried out for this purpose.
We treat patients with vascular prosthesis infections with long-term antibiotic therapy. The type of antibiotic therapy depends on the microbiological diagnosis. As a rule, patients receive six weeks of iv antibiotic therapy, followed by oral follow-up therapy. The duration of antibiotic therapy is determined using PET/CT.
At the Clinic for Infectious Diseases and Hospital Hygiene, two research groups are working on the topic of prosthesis infections or osteomyelitis.
Director of Department, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Senior Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Senior Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
Attending Physician, Department of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology
For medical clarifications, we recommend that you consult your general practitioner with a possible referral to the Clinic for Infectiology and Hospital Hygiene USZ for more in-depth clarifications.
If you would like a telephone consultation for infectiological inquiries without a consultation, you can call our toll-free number. The costs are not covered by health insurance as it is purely a telephone counseling service, not a medical consultation.
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Mon-Fri 08.00 to 17.00 hrs
(CHF 3.00/min. from the start of the consultation)
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Medical inquiries at night, Sundays and public holidays
24h/day Senior consultant in infectiology
Tel. +41 44 255 11 11
Mail infekt.kons.extern@usz.ch