Use of an automated blood culture system (BD BACTEC™) for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections: easy and fast

BACKGROUND: For the diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) automated BACTEC™ blood culture bottle methods have comparable sensitivity, specificity and a shorter time to positivity than traditional cooked meat enrichment broth methods. We evaluate the culture incubation period required to maxi...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Minassian, Angela M, Newnham, Robert, Kalimeris, Elizabeth, Bejon, Philip, Atkins, Bridget L, Bowler, Ian CJW
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4101863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-233

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4101863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-233

Ejemplares similares