Proceedings from the 2018 International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections: evaluation of periprosthetic shoulder infection

The Second International Consensus Meeting on Orthopedic Infections was held in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, in July 2018. More than 800 experts from all 9 subspecialties of orthopedic surgery and allied fields of infectious disease, microbiology, and epidemiology were assembled to form the International Consensus Group. The shoulder workgroup reached consensus on 27 questions related to culture tech- niques, inflammatory markers, and diagnostic criteria used to evaluate patients for periprosthetic shoul- der infection. This document contains the group’s recommendations and rationale for each question related to evaluating periprosthetic shoulder infection.