324. Implant Sonication Improves Microbiologic Diagnosis of Elbow Prosthetic Joint Infection

BACKGROUND: With a reported incidence of up to 12%, periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a frequent complication of total elbow arthroplasty (TEA). Its microbiologic diagnosis is usually based on periprosthetic tissue culture (hereafter referred to as tissue culture), despite the poor sensitivity...

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Autores principales: Flurin, Laure, Greenwood-Quaintance, Kerryl, Esper, Ronda N, Sanchez-Sotelo, Joachin, Patel, Robin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776870/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.520

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7776870/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.520

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