Dr. Trampuz is an internationally renowned infectious diseases expert, active in the clinical and research field of bone, joint and implant infections. During his postdoctoral research fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA (2001-2004) he developed the sonication procedure of implants for improved infection diagnosis. Currently, he is Assistant Professor for Infectious Diseases at the Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery at Charité University Hospital in Berlin, Germany, where he heads the interdisciplinary septic surgery unit and the Biofilm research laboratory. The research group consists of 19 scientists, working on novel diagnostic and treatment strategies against biofilms. He authored 189 peer-reviewed publications, 12 book chapters and is the founder of the PRO-IMPLANT Foundation, supporting research, education and clinical consultation of bone and implant infections (www.pro-implant-foundation.org). Through the observership program, over 100 clinicians and scientists visited the Charité hospital in the past 5 years.
Selected publications from PubMed
Long-term opioid use in operatively managed orthopaedic patients with fracture-related infections: A data linkage study.
Foster AL, Warren J, Proper M, Shibl R, Cramb S, Williamson F, Trampuz A, Schuetz M, Cameron CM
Injury. 2025 Aug;56(8):112566 doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2025.112566.
Evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics and efficacy of phage therapy in treating fracture-related infections with multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: intravenous versus local application in sheep.
Peez C, Chen B, Henssler L, Chittò M, Onsea J, Verhofstad MHJ, Arens D, Constant C, Zeiter S, Obremskey W, Trampuz A, Raschke MJ, Zalavras C, Metsemakers WJ, Moriarty TF
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2025;15:1547250 doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2025.1547250.
Synovial fluid D-lactate - a pathogen-specific biomarker for septic arthritis: a prospective multicenter study.
Karbysheva S, Morovic P, Bellova P, Berger MS, Stiehler M, Meller S, Kirschbaum S, Lindenlaub P, Zgraggen A, Oberle M, Fuchs M, Perka C, Trampuz A, Conen A
Clin Chem Lab Med. 2025 Jan 29;63(2):440-447 doi: 10.1515/cclm-2024-0556.
Success Rate After 2-Stage Spacer-Free Total Hip Arthroplasty Exchange and Risk Factors for Reinfection: A Prospective Cohort Study of 187 Patients.
Goumenos S, Hardt S, Kontogeorgakos V, Trampuz A, Perka C, Meller S
J Arthroplasty. 2024 Oct;39(10):2600-2606 doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.05.010.
Combination of bacteriophages and vancomycin in a co-delivery hydrogel for localized treatment of fracture-related infections.
Chen B, Ponce Benavente L, Chittò M, Post V, Constant C, Zeiter S, Nylund P, D'Este M, González Moreno M, Trampuz A, Wagemans J, Lavigne R, Onsea J, Richards RG, Metsemakers WJ, Moriarty TF
NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2024 Aug 29;10(1):77 doi: 10.1038/s41522-024-00552-2.
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