Periprosthetic infection: where do we stand with regard to Gram stain?

Background and purpose One of the routinely used intraoperative tests for diagnosis of periprosthetic infection (PPI) is the Gram stain. It is not known if the result of this test can vary according to the type of joint affected or the number of specimen samples collected. We examined the role of th...

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Autores principales: Ghanem, Elie, Ketonis, Constantinos, Restrepo, Camilo, Joshi, Ashish, Barrack, Robert, Parvizi, Javad
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Informa Healthcare 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19297787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453670902804943

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2823241/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19297787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17453670902804943

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