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Improved Diagnosis of Prosthetic Joint Infection by Culturing Periprosthetic Tissue Specimens in Blood Culture Bottles

Despite known low sensitivity, culture of periprosthetic tissue specimens on agars and in broths is routine. Culture of periprosthetic tissue samples in blood culture bottles (BCBs) is potentially more convenient, but it has been evaluated in a limited way and has not been widely adopted. The aim of...

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Autores principales: Peel, Trisha N., Dylla, Brenda L., Hughes, John G., Lynch, David T., Greenwood-Quaintance, Kerryl E., Cheng, Allen C., Mandrekar, Jayawant N., Patel, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4725002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26733067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01776-15