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Sonication Leads to Clinically Relevant Changes in Treatment of Periprosthetic Hip or Knee Joint Infection

Background: Diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) can be troublesome. Sonication can be a helpful tool in culturing bacteria that are difficult to detect with standard tissue cultures. Aim of this study is to evaluate the clinical importance of our standardized sonication protocol in det...

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Autores principales: Hoekstra, Marrit, Veltman, Ewout S., Nurmohamed, Ruben F.R.H.A, van Dijk, Bruce, Rentenaar, Rob J., Vogely, H. Charles, van der Wal, Bart C.H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Ivyspring International Publisher 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7295643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32566451
http://dx.doi.org/10.7150/jbji.45006