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Periprosthetic joint infections, or PJIs, can set in after a hip or knee replacement when bacterial or fungal organisms grow within or around the implanted joint. The immune system has trouble reaching these infections to fight them, explains Douglas Chonko, DO, an orthopedic surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Hear more about what makes these infections unique.
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How Dr. Chonko is creating a new model of care for PJI: https://go.osu.edu/DKER
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