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The Role of Single Positive Cultures in Presumed Aseptic Total Hip and Knee Revision Surgery—A Systematic Review of the Literature

(1) Background: Prior to revision hip (THA) or knee arthroplasty (TKA), periprosthetic low-grade infection (PJI) should be ruled out. Despite advances in preoperative diagnosis, unsuspected positive cultures (UPCs) may occur in initially planned aseptic revisions. Particularly, single UPCs pose a di...

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Autores principales: Schwarze, Jan, Moellenbeck, Burkhard, Gosheger, Georg, Puetzler, Jan, Deventer, Niklas, Kalisch, Tobias, Schneider, Kristian Nikolaus, Klingebiel, Sebastian, Theil, Christoph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10178370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37175046
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13091655