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Advancements in Diagnosing Periprosthetic Joint Infections after Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty

Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a complication of total joint arthroplasty that is challenging to diagnose. Currently, there is no “gold standard” for definite diagnosis of PJI. A multi-criteria definition has been described for PJI based on microbiology cultures, serum markers, such as eryt...

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Autores principales: Patel, Ripal, Alijanipour, Pouya, Parvizi, Javad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220175/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28144375
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001610010654