Diagnostic Methods for Prosthetic Joint Infection in Korea

Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) poses a burden on patients and health care resources. PJI diagnosis can be challenging, owing to imperfect definition, alongside inadequate diagnostic techniques. In this review, we describe consensus definitions of PJI, approaches to diagnosis using methods availabl...

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Autores principales: Park, Kyung-Hwa, Patel, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2018
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30270579
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2018.50.3.199
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spelling pubmed-61675152018-10-04 Diagnostic Methods for Prosthetic Joint Infection in Korea Park, Kyung-Hwa Patel, Robin Infect Chemother Review Article Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) poses a burden on patients and health care resources. PJI diagnosis can be challenging, owing to imperfect definition, alongside inadequate diagnostic techniques. In this review, we describe consensus definitions of PJI, approaches to diagnosis using methods available in Korea, and novel diagnostic methods. The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2018-09 2018-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6167515/ /pubmed/30270579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2018.50.3.199 Text en Copyright © 2018 by The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6167515/
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