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Incidence of low-grade infection in aseptic loosening of total hip arthroplasty: A prospective multicenter study using extensive routine and broad-range 16S PCR with reverse line blot diagnostics
PURPOSE: We investigated the hypothesis that many total hip arthroplasty revisions that are classified as aseptic are in fact low-grade infections missed with routine diagnostics. METHODS: In 7 Dutch hospitals, 176 consecutive patients with the preoperative diagnosis of aseptic loosening of their to...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Informa Healthcare
2010
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3216075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20919816 http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/17453674.2010.525201 |