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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Autores principales: Moojen, Dirk Jan F, van Hellemondt, Gijs, Vogely, H Charles, Burger, Bart J, Walenkamp, Geert H I M, Tulp, Niek J A, Schreurs, B Wim, de Meulemeester, Frank R A J, Schot, Corrie S, van de Pol, Ingrid, Fujishiro, Takaaki, Schouls, Leo M, Bauer, Thomas W, Dhert, Wouter J A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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

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