Journal subject areas

The journal subject areas include by the following index terms below. These terms represent the keywords (MeSH terms) to be chosen. They also may help for assignment of submitted manuscripts to individual associate editors. The list is not exclusive and can be extended.

  • Anti-bacterial agents
    • Systemic administration, intravenous, oral, dosage, local administration, adverse effects, pharmacokinetics
  • Arthritis
    • Infectious, non-infectious, diagnosis, surgery, medical therapy
  • Arthroplasty
  • Biofilm
  • Biomaterials
  • Bone diseases
  • Bone reconstruction
  • Bone substitutes
  • Diabetic foot infections
  • Fracture-related infections
  • Hand infections
  • Joint diseases
  • Microbiology of bone and joint infections
  • Necrotizing soft-tissue infections
  • Osteomyelitis
    • Microbiology, diagnosis, medical therapy, surgery
  • Prevention of bone and joint infections
  • Prosthesis failure
  • Prosthesis-related infections
    • Epidemiology, etiology, microbiology, prevention and control, surgery, antibiotic therapy
  • Risk factors for bone and joint infections
  • Soft-tissue reconstruction
  • Spinal infections
  • Treatment outcome analysis