Aspirations of the ilium and proximal femur increase the likelihood of culturing an organism in patients with presumed septic arthritis of the hip

PURPOSE: To test the hypothesis that collecting material for culture from metaphyseal bone of the ilium and proximal femur at the time of a hip aspiration will increase the sensitivity to detect an infectious organism in patients with presumed septic arthritis of the hip. METHODS: We retrospectively...

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Autores principales: Schmale, Gregory A., Bompadre, Viviana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Original Clinical Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26169257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-015-0669-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4549341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26169257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-015-0669-5

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