Sonication of retrieved implants improves sensitivity in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection

BACKGROUND: Sonication is a valuable tool in the diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infections (PJI). However, conditions and definition criteria for PJI vary among studies. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic performance (i.e., specificity, sensitivity) of sonicate fluid culture (S...

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Autores principales: Bellova, Petri, Knop-Hammad, Veronika, Königshausen, Matthias, Mempel, Eileen, Frieler, Sven, Gessmann, Jan, Schildhauer, Thomas A., Baecker, Hinnerk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6933748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31878902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-3006-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6933748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31878902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-3006-1

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